[BC] Win2K DOS Print

[Jeff Glass]

In a message dated 4/30/2010 8:00:59 AM Central Daylight Time, broadcast-request at radiolists.net writes:

>> Will the Windows 2000 O/S accept and carry out print commands from a DOS
>> program that's running in the Win2000 DOS window? All I want it to do is
>> print on a locally connected printer.

>I don't know either, but suspect it would be highly dependent on whether
>you drove the printers directly, or called the OS to do it for you ?

>If the latter, it can probably be made to work in "compatibility mode."

>--
>Cowboy

Cowboy,

When I wrote the C programs, I used the stdio.h file that comes with the C compiler, so I didn't write anything specific as in dealing with the LPT port directly.

I'll dig into this in more detail this weekend, unless there is a member here who knows for sure if printing from a DOS application running on win2k can't be done without a third party application. ( I would rather avoid third party solutions)

I got enough old 'puters around here, it might be easier to build up a DOS 6.2 machine and call it a day; that seems like the wimp way out, however.  The good 'ol days :-D

Thanks for the post. Feel free to drop me a line if something else crosses your mind relating to the DOS print.

Jeff Glass