I just switched from a Local Printer, HP 520, to a Network Printer, HP Offi=
cejet Pro 8500.
My DOS program WordStar 4 nolonger can print.
My OS is XP Professional SP3.
What is the workaroud or patch?
Thank you.
-- Charles Hart Enzer, M.D., FAACAP --
Volunteer Associate Professor of Psychiatry
University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Website: http://homepages.uc.edu/~enzerch=
Perhaps this will help:
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Excerpt:
I do something similar on my network with an old DOS app. The best
way I've found is to put the printer on the network with a print server
and an IP address. You then install the printer on the workstation and
say that it's a local printer (uncheck the autodetect option), then
instead of choosing LPT1 you check the option to create a new port and
choose TCP/IP. You can then enter the IP address of the networked
printer. Finally, turn on printer sharing and give the printer a name.
Once that's done, you have to trick the DOS app by capturing its
output to LPT1 and sending it to the networked printer. This is done by
using the "net use" command. For example,
net use lpt1: \\localcomputername\sharedprintername /persistent:yes
The persistent switch forces the command to execute everytime the
PC boots. Everytime your DOS app tries to print to LPT1, the print job
gets captured and sent to the shared printer, which of course is located
at an IP address on your network. It sounds like a lot, but once you've
done it a few times it becomes second-nature.
http://www.computing.net/answers/windows-xp/win-xp-msdos-printing/94362.html
or
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Regards,
LelandJ
Enzer, Charles (enzerch) wrote:
> I just switched from a Local Printer, HP 520, to a Network Printer, HP Officejet Pro 8500.
>
> My DOS program WordStar 4 nolonger can print.
>
> My OS is XP Professional SP3.
>
> What is the workaroud or patch?
>
> Thank you.
>
> -- Charles Hart Enzer, M.D., FAACAP --
> Volunteer Associate Professor of Psychiatry
> University of Cincinnati Medical Center
> Website: http://homepages.uc.edu/~enzerch
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Author: Charles Hart Enzer, M.D., FAACAP
Posted: 2009-05-05 23:12:24 Link
Dear Leland:
This may be my answer, also.
Thank you.
Charles
Leland F. Jackson, CPA wrote:
> Perhaps this will help:
>
> #-----------------------------
> Excerpt:
>
> I do something similar on my network with an old DOS app. The best
> way I've found is to put the printer on the network with a print server
> and an IP address. You then install the printer on the workstation and
> say that it's a local printer (uncheck the autodetect option), then
> instead of choosing LPT1 you check the option to create a new port and
> choose TCP/IP. You can then enter the IP address of the networked
> printer. Finally, turn on printer sharing and give the printer a name.
>
> Once that's done, you have to trick the DOS app by capturing its
> output to LPT1 and sending it to the networked printer. This is done by
> using the "net use" command. For example,
>
> net use lpt1: \\localcomputername\sharedprintername /persistent:yes
>
> The persistent switch forces the command to execute everytime the
> PC boots. Everytime your DOS app tries to print to LPT1, the print job
> gets captured and sent to the shared printer, which of course is located
> at an IP address on your network. It sounds like a lot, but once you've
> done it a few times it becomes second-nature.
>
>
> http://www.computing.net/answers/windows-xp/win-xp-msdos-printing/94362.html
>
> or
>
>
> #------------------------------
>
> Regards,
>
> LelandJ
>
>
> Enzer, Charles (enzerch) wrote:
>
>> I just switched from a Local Printer, HP 520, to a Network Printer, HP Officejet Pro 8500.
>>
>> My DOS program WordStar 4 nolonger can print.
>>
>> My OS is XP Professional SP3.
>>
>> What is the workaroud or patch?
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> -- Charles Hart Enzer, M.D., FAACAP --
>> Volunteer Associate Professor of Psychiatry
>> University of Cincinnati Medical Center
>> Website: http://homepages.uc.edu/~enzerch
>>
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