Re: DOSEMU not printing to USB printer
Jan Kandziora wrote: If you have a fairly new USB printer, it's unlikely your DOS program has a driver for it. In that case, you have to install an ascii print queue and your DOS program may only print text, not graphics. Other solutions need a printer language converter (e.g. EPSON ESC/P - Postscript). I know some for MS-Windows, but none for Linux, maybe someone else does? I do PCL - Postscript conversion, tell the DOS programs they talk to an HP LaserJet, and everything comes out more or less alright on my fairly new (Brother 2030) printer. See my message in the archives, 2006-11-10 10:18:28, and the thread it was a part of. Regards, Jan - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-msdos in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Re: DOSEMU not printing to USB printer
On 18 November, Jan wrote ## Printer and parallel port settings # Print commands to use for LPT1, LPT2 and LPT3. # Default: lpr -l, lpr -l -P lpt2, and (disabled) # Which means: use the default print queue for LPT1, lpt2 queue for LPT2. # -l means raw printing mode (no preprocessing). $_lpt1 = lpr -l # $_lpt2 = lpr -l -P lpt2 # $_lpt3 = # idle time in seconds before spooling out. Default: (20) $_printer_timeout = (20) Do not use -l if you intend to use a DOS program that doesn't have a printer driver for your particular printer. -l bypasses the CUPS printer driver, only the CUPS spooler is used in that case. Okay, Jan's solution looked like the simple solution to the 3 I got (thank you Frank and Rafal for yours - I'll keep your solutions on the side) I removed the -l from the dosemu.conf file (it now reads $_lpt1 = lpr and the printer now allows me to print from the DOS command line. That's a big step forward for me and I will test out the DBL program now and see if it will print all that it requires. I will let you guys know what the results are. Thanks very much to you all. Regards Garth - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-msdos in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Re: DOSEMU not printing to USB printer
Am Samstag, 17. November 2007 18:54 schrieb Garth Kay-Hards: ## Printer and parallel port settings # Print commands to use for LPT1, LPT2 and LPT3. # Default: lpr -l, lpr -l -P lpt2, and (disabled) # Which means: use the default print queue for LPT1, lpt2 queue for LPT2. # -l means raw printing mode (no preprocessing). $_lpt1 = lpr -l # $_lpt2 = lpr -l -P lpt2 # $_lpt3 = # idle time in seconds before spooling out. Default: (20) $_printer_timeout = (20) Do not use -l if you intend to use a DOS program that doesn't have a printer driver for your particular printer. -l bypasses the CUPS printer driver, only the CUPS spooler is used in that case. If you have a fairly new USB printer, it's unlikely your DOS program has a driver for it. In that case, you have to install an ascii print queue and your DOS program may only print text, not graphics. Other solutions need a printer language converter (e.g. EPSON ESC/P - Postscript). I know some for MS-Windows, but none for Linux, maybe someone else does? Kind regards Jan -- Je tiefer der Abgrund, desto höher der Himmel. pgpSEDEpRnOV8.pgp Description: PGP signature
