DOS printing

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Time out for dos printing

This entry was posted in Software Tips and tagged autodisconnect DOS printing Net Use Windows 7 on February 9, 2012 by HAL

Following up on a recent issue with DOS print capture under windows 7 – a user reported that printing to a captured printer appeared to have stopped. On closer investigation it was noted that a net use command issued in a dos session showed drive mappings and  printer mapping for LPT2 as Unavailable. This issue […]

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Dos printing is dead – Long Live Dos printing with Printfil

This entry was posted in Gadgets Software and tagged DOS printing LPT Capture Printfil on February 7, 2012 by HAL

A client contacted me regarding printing to a new multifunction device from a dos based application written in foxpro where the output is link to a network printer with a net use / persistent:Yes command. The software developers tell them the printer should work but despite testing a range of dos based print drivers in […]

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DOS printing and Windows 7

This entry was posted in Software Tips and tagged DOS printing Kyocera LPT3 on September 1, 2011 by HAL

Legacy apps can be problematic. Epecially when it comes to printing and support for print emulation. In this case a foxpro app running as xp mode emulation on Windows 7 64 bit trying to print to a networked printer via LPT3. Although the process on mapping a port is fairly straighforward net use lpt3: serverprintername […]

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