printing from DOS application within WinXP

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I have a computer that used to be able to print from DOS Application i
WinXP.

I don't know what happen to make it stop working, the user said nothin
was installed or updated since it last was working
 
'Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I said:
']Not knowing how things were originally setup on this PC, look this
page over
and see if it helps:

http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/printfromdos.htm
Printing from DOS with Windows 2000 or XP

Hal
--
Hal Hostetler, CPBE -- (e-mail address removed)
Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
Still Cadillacin' - www.badnewsbluesband.com

"wtom62" (e-mail address removed) wrote in message

I have a computer that used to be able to print from DOS Application
in
WinXP.

I don't know what happen to make it stop working, the user said
nothing
was installed or updated since it last was working.
Click to expand...
Hi Hal,

The thing is that it was work for months and it just stop working and
the User has no clue as to what might have change to cause it to stop
working ...
it's a directly attacted printer HpDJ540(ithink that was what it is) on
LPT1
Prints from Windos just fine as normal... tried uninstalling and then
installing new.. manually not using the auto detect process to see if I
missed something.
 
OK, here's a quick test:

1. Open a command (DOS) prompt.
2. Type: "copy con LPT1" (without quote marks) then hit Enter.
3. Type: "This is a test" then hit Enter.
4. Hit Ctrl+Z (should show as ^Z on the screen) and hit Enter.

The words "This is a test" should print on the printer. What the above does
is create a small block of text and send it to the printer connected to the
LPT1 port. If it works, suspect the DOS program; if it doesn't, post back
what does or doesn't happen.

Hal
--
Hal Hostetler, CPBE -- (e-mail address removed)
Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
Still Cadillacin' - www.badnewsbluesband.com

wtom62 said:
'Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I said:
']Not knowing how things were originally setup on this PC, look this
page over
and see if it helps:

http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/printfromdos.htm
Printing from DOS with Windows 2000 or XP

Hal
--
Hal Hostetler, CPBE -- (e-mail address removed)
Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
Still Cadillacin' - www.badnewsbluesband.com

"wtom62" (e-mail address removed) wrote in message

I have a computer that used to be able to print from DOS Application
in
WinXP.

I don't know what happen to make it stop working, the user said
nothing
was installed or updated since it last was working.
Click to expand...
Hi Hal,

The thing is that it was work for months and it just stop working and
the User has no clue as to what might have change to cause it to stop
working ...
it's a directly attacted printer HpDJ540(ithink that was what it is) on
LPT1
Prints from Windos just fine as normal... tried uninstalling and then
installing new.. manually not using the auto detect process to see if I
missed something.
Click to expand...
 
'Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I said:
']OK, here's a quick test:

1. Open a command (DOS) prompt.
2. Type: "copy con LPT1" (without quote marks) then hit Enter.
3. Type: "This is a test" then hit Enter.
4. Hit Ctrl+Z (should show as ^Z on the screen) and hit Enter.

The words "This is a test" should print on the printer. What the above
does
is create a small block of text and send it to the printer connected to
the
LPT1 port. If it works, suspect the DOS program; if it doesn't, post
back
what does or doesn't happen.

Hal
--
Hal Hostetler, CPBE -- (e-mail address removed)
Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
Still Cadillacin' - www.badnewsbluesband.com

"wtom62" (e-mail address removed) wrote in message

'Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I Wrote:-
']Not knowing how things were originally setup on this PC, look this
page over
and see if it helps:

http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/printfromdos.htm
Printing from DOS with Windows 2000 or XP

Hal
--
Hal Hostetler, CPBE -- (e-mail address removed)
Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
Still Cadillacin' - www.badnewsbluesband.com

"wtom62" (e-mail address removed) wrote in message

I have a computer that used to be able to print from DOS Application
in
WinXP.

I don't know what happen to make it stop working, the user said
nothing
was installed or updated since it last was working.




--
wtom62--
Hi Hal,

The thing is that it was working for months and it just stop working
and
the User has no clue as to what might have change to cause it to
stop
working ...
it's a directly attacted printer HpDJ540(ithink that was what it is)
on
LPT1
Prints from Windows just fine as normal... tried uninstalling and
then
installing new.. manually not using the auto detect process to see if
I
missed something.
Click to expand...

Hi Hal,

I'm sorry I should have mentioned it before but I already tried what
you have suggested, I've also tried to copy a text file to prn and lpt1
and also used the print command, but nothing seem to makle it work it
works from windows everytime.

TIA,
Walt
 
Walt,
I'm sorry I should have mentioned it before but I already tried what
you have suggested, I've also tried to copy a text file to prn and lpt1
and also used the print command, but nothing seem to makle it work it
works from windows everytime.
Click to expand...

I don't know what the user may have changed on the system, but you may try
to set the LPT1 port as "normal" in the bios.

You may also want to have a look at Printfil - http://www.printfil.com

Regards,
Davide Guolo
aSwIt s.r.l.
--------------------------------------------------------------
Printfil - Windows Printing System for Applications
http://www.printfil.com
Odbc4All - Connection to ODBC Data Sources for any Application
http://www.aswit.com/odbc4all
--------------------------------------------------------------
 
Davide said:
Walt,
-
I'm sorry I should have mentioned it before but I already tried what
you have suggested, I've also tried to copy a text file to prn an
lpt1
and also used the print command, but nothing seem to makle it work it
works from windows everytime.-

I don't know what the user may have changed on the system, but you ma
try
to set the LPT1 port as "normal" in the bios.

You may also want to have a look at Printfil - http://www.printfil.com

Regards,
Davide Guolo
aSwIt s.r.l.
--------------------------------------------------------------
Printfil - Windows Printing System for Applications
http://www.printfil.com
Odbc4All - Connection to ODBC Data Sources for any Application
http://www.aswit.com/odbc4all
--------------------------------------------------------------
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Hi Davide,

That's was what I checked first when the user called me about thi
problem.
Its still set the way I was set things, but I did change everythin
back to default while checking the system out for changes... evevn o
the off chance I ran a product called reg cure to fix any registr
problem if there was any... and on the off chance of it having a viru
or spyware I ran a cleanup for them too.
SP2 maybe the onlything that could have been installed from the time
my original installed this computer.

TIA,
Wal
 
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