At 10:11 AM 12/23/98 -0600, you wrote:
>I have a bunch of old DOS programs I still like (face it, I still write
>'em). Since I went to WIN95 I canno longer send stuff to the printer
>from these little apps. The printer does not complain, but nothing comes
>out either.
>It probably does not help that the printer is on a network (ethernet).
You need to go to printer properties and set up a "capture port". This
will tell Windows where to direct the stuff that DOS programs think they
are sending to the LPT1 port. This will set up a logical connection
between the LPT1 port and the printer address on the network.
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