Trouble printing from DOS

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I am trying to run an old program I wrote in GWBasic. The program is designed
to send results to screen and printer. Results are sent to screen ok. Nothing
goes to printer.
I recently purchased a new computer with XP Media Center 2005 as the
Operating system. The printer is a HP 682C
 
It's what you used to call the DOS prompt. It should be in

Start, Programs, Accessories.... Command Prompt. (the icon looks like a
little DOS screen saying C:\)
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Cari (MS-MVP)
Printing & Imaging
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J Greske said:
Cari, sounds like you know what you are talking about & could help me.
Unfortunately I'm to dense to follow your instructions. With the 7 step
procedure, what should I do after I click on Accessories. I don't know
what
you mean by "Open a Command Prompt"
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Cari,
Still having trouble. What do I type at the Dos Prompt.
If it works will this solve the problem forever or do Itype this every Time?
 
J Greske,
I am trying to run an old program I wrote in GWBasic. The program is
designed
to send results to screen and printer. Results are sent to screen ok.
Nothing
goes to printer.
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you may want to have a look at Printfil. You can set it to capture the LPT
output (if you used LPRINT) or intercept the basic file if you:

10 OPEN "c:\somedir\somefile.txt" FOR OUTPUT AS #1
20 PRINT #1,"Hello World!"
30 CLOSE #1

You can find more info and free trial to download at http://www.printfil.com

Kind regards,
Davide Guolo
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