Dear all, I agree, the Brother 2040 is a Windows GDI printer that normally cannot print directly to dos. It does not help to do it over the network as the printer still cannot translate the string sent from DP. But, a brief search on the net led me to this discussion list. I have not perused it in any detail at all, but it seems there may be a roundabout way to do it.
Here is the link: http://www.wpuniverse.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=24770 Good luck PS: Incidentally, when using WP systems I always purchase Postscript compatible printers. They always seem to work through Dos, at least from WP. I have no experience with DPSPOOL. I discontinues printing directly from DP long ago as for my purposes it was simpler and cleaner to run the DP report file through WP 51. or even import it into Word. Jens T. Hoeg, Ph.D., D.Sc., CICS Department of Cell Biology and Comparative Zoology Biological Institute, University of Copenhagen Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen DENMARK Lab +45 35 32 12 47 - Office +45 35 32 12 16 Fax +45 35 32 12 00 - Home +45 44 84 11 60 [EMAIL PROTECTED] - www.bi.ku.dk "..One small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind" -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul W. Durban Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 21:59 To: Dataperfect Users Discussion Group Subject: RE: [Dataperf] DP Does Not Recognize Printer Malkie: Yes, he's right. You can't print directly from a DOS app to the HL 2040 since it doesn't support the PCL printer language. (Brother includes support for PCL in the next model up, the HL 2070N.) HOWEVER... DP can print to the HL 2040 if you use Tim Rude's DPSPOOL program (available free at www.dataperfect.nl). Paul Durban At 12/11/2007 02:50 PM, you wrote: >Matt, thanks for your suggestion, but I believe she doesn't have >network. > >And would anyone know if Don is right that there are no printer >settings for DOS in Brother HL 2040 Laser Printer? > >Malkie > > > > > I think you can also simply share the printer (if there is a network), > > and then just type > > > > NET USE LPT1 \\computername\printername > > <file:///\\computername\printername> > > > > at the command prompt at any station to use the printer in DP. DP > > sends printout to LPT1 and windows will reroute it to the printer. > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Don Friedman > > Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 2:18 PM To: Dataperfect Users > > Discussion Group Subject: Re: [Dataperf] DP Does Not Recognize Printer > > > > > > > > Malkie - DP needs a DOS-compatible printer and I suspect that the > > Brother is a purely windows printer. I suspect that you need to use > > the popular DP printing program to make it work. Others here are > > certainly a lot more conversant on this topic and I hope they pipe in. > > Good luck. > > > > Don Friedman > > Pittsburgh > > > > On Dec 11, 2007 1:51 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi Everyone; > > > > Perhaps one of you can help me. One of my clients just installed a new > > printer: Brother HL 2040 Laser Printer. They have no problem printing > > from Microsoft Word and from other programs on this printer, but for > > some reason, DataPerfect doesn't recognize it and it prints blank > > pages. I don't possess this printer and I'm not at the location where > > they're having this problem. Does anyone know how to set it up to work > > with DP? > > > > Malkie > > _______________________________________________ > > Dataperf mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.dataperfect.nl/mailman/listinfo/dataperf > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Don Friedman > > ProfessionalRecords.Com LLC > > PRS Data Systems > > 205 S Main Street > > Pittsburgh, PA 15215 > > 412-784-1600 - 1-800-PRS-FILE > > 412-784-1615 Fax > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Dataperf mailing list >[email protected] >http://lists.dataperfect.nl/mailman/listinfo/dataperf _______________________________________________ Dataperf mailing list [email protected] http://lists.dataperfect.nl/mailman/listinfo/dataperf _______________________________________________ Dataperf mailing list [email protected] http://lists.dataperfect.nl/mailman/listinfo/dataperf
