Printing from Dos after XP upgrade.

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Shawn

I have upgraded my pc to XP, the problem is that I cannot
print data from an old DOS based program that is
necessary for my work. The program runs fine, but will
not print. Any ideas?
 
The old DOS program probably sends the output to LPT1:.
So to get the output from LPT1: you must first share the
printer you want to use. Then to go to the printer you
need to do a do a
"net use LPT1: \\<servername>\<printername>"
You can test it by copying a file to the printer like.
copy c:\boot.ini lpt1:
 
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