Hello Brendan, I don't use DOS2USB and I have XP Pro but it should work as well on XP Home. I also use PCL on my reports and it all works fine.
You'll need to define the printer as a shared device. Then add in your DP batch file a net use line to assign lpt1 to that device's sharename (include your computer's name). As a precaution, clear LPT1 first. For example: net use lpt1: /delete net use lpt1: \\computername\devicesharename You can add other devices the same way by assigning to LPT2, etc. Hope this works for you. Ed -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brendan Magill Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2006 11:04 AM To: DataPerfect Users Discussion Group Subject: Re: [Dataperf] Printing Query Hi Ralph, Hope you and yours are well. Yes, the redirection works fine and I can now print from DP with no direct problems. However, as you know, I use a printer control panel in my applications and have printer definitions for quite a few legacy printers. At first attempt, it appears that DOS2USB lets my printer control codes through ok. But I haven't yet found a set of codes for my new printer and it doesn't like my old Laserjet codes. I'll have to do some more digging on this one. Time to stop work for the rest of the weekend, though I imagine I won't be able to leave this one alone on Sunday. Cheers, Brendan. -- BRENDAN MAGILL Business, Employment & Disability Consultancy 8 York Place Worcester WR1 3DR England Phone: +44 (0)1905 28286 Fax: +44 (0)870 127 7856 Web: www.magill.co.uk _______________________________________________ Dataperf mailing list [email protected] http://lists.dataperfect.nl/mailman/listinfo/dataperf _______________________________________________ Dataperf mailing list [email protected] http://lists.dataperfect.nl/mailman/listinfo/dataperf
