Using USB printer in MS-DOS prompt?

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Chaos Master

Hello people.

I will be getting a new printer soon, and since everything is going to
USB , and I still use MS-DOS applications, I have a question:

Is it possible to use an USB printer under a MS-DOS window under Windows
98?

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Chaos said:
Hello people.

I will be getting a new printer soon, and since everything is going to
USB , and I still use MS-DOS applications, I have a question:

Is it possible to use an USB printer under a MS-DOS window under
Windows 98?

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TTBOMK, no, that's why I still have my trusty Epson SC900 for DOS printing.
 
Is it possible to use an USB printer under a MS-DOS window under Windows
98?
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MS-DOS cannot recognize USB ports. In theory the
MS-DOS OS could be rewritten in order to recognize
USB ports, but Windows has already done that for you
(but not for the MS-DOS it incorporates.)
 
Not sure if Win98 can do this, but with XP and 2000, I've been able to share
the USB printer, then run a net use command and map LPT port to the shared
printer. So, in essence you are mapping the printer to yourself.

Should work.

Then go
 
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