Hi all,
I'm no expert but possibly can offer this for consideration:
left mouse click START - SETTINGS - PRINTERS - and then the icon for your
Lexmark printer;
then right click the icon and select PROPERTIES - Details tab, then Capture
printer port.
seems to work for me with an old Dbase program I run. Also when the printer
is installed it asks if it will be used for DOS programs and that must be
answered 'yes' at that time.
Raymond Ryel

-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Trimarchi [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 5:50 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [PCBUILD] Printing from DOS/Program to USB Printer


I'm using an old dos based program that prints to LPT1: or LPT2: The program
is a database manager and was custom written many years ago. The source code
is no longer available nor is the programmer who wrote it. I'm running
Win98SE using a Lexmark Z51 Printer connected to a USB Hub.
I cannot figure any way to get this program to print directly to this
printer. The program will output reports to a *.PRN file but I can't figure
out how to get that to print either. I can open the *.PRN files in Excel and
then print but this takes a lot of removing of control characters and column
headings.

Any help and suggestions are appreciated.

Thanks,

Joe Trimarchi
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