Jon, I have been using "PostScript for Acrobat Distiller" printer posted on Wordperfect DOS website http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/wpdos/ contributed by and supported by Ed Mendelson.
I see he has a WP Forum where he responds to questions about running WP Shell in dosbox and other issues at http://www.wpuniverse.com/vb/showthread.php?33219-Problems-running-WordPerfect-Office-Shell-3.1-under-DOSBOX I wonder if he would be up to doing a Postscript For Acrobat Distiller specific to Shell and DP -- or if someone on this forum could take his WP 5.1 printer code and make it work for shell and DP? Hope you find an answer. Tom Jong wrote: > Copy to printer or PDF conversion: does this take away all the formating > and leave me with plain text? > Jon > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bob DeRosier > Sent: Friday, July 29, 2011 9:19 PM > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Dataperf] virtualization > > "print to file" just captures the print stream to a file instead of > sending it to the printer. If is just straight text (no print > codes), it should come up in Word fine. Otherwise, you can copy it > to the printer or use a text editor to modify it or send the file to > a PDF converter to create a PDF or just right click on it in windows > explorer and send it the printer .... > > Bob > > At 08:28 PM 07/29/2011, Jong wrote: > >> "Print to file" has always been a mystery to me, tried before and >> couldn't >> get it to come up in Word. So how does someone print the >> resulting file? >> JOn >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [ mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tony Perez >> Sent: Friday, July 29, 2011 7:38 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Dataperf] virtualization >> >> >> Would using the "Print to file" choice using the Reports function >> and saving >> it as a .doc or other extension for printing be a viable workaround? >> >> Regards to all, >> Tony >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [ mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Christopher >> Dunn >> Sent: Friday, July 29, 2011 3:50 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Dataperf] virtualization >> >> It has been a while since I used direct printing (only remaining >> DP app in >> production doesn't print), but if I recall correctly, the way I >> got this to >> work in XP, was to share the USB printer (say, as "MyPrinter"). >> Then use: "net use lpt2: \\MyComputer\MyPrinter" command to map >> the usb >> printer. -chris >> >> On 2011-07-29 6:04 PM, Jong wrote: >> > Fabio: >> > >> > Did you use VMWare 7 for this? I bought a copy and am waiting for a >> > new Toshiba Protégé portable to arrive to install. I hope to use >> > Dataperfect (which I run under the old WordPerfect Office) to >> continue >> > running my patient database program. Using usb output for a >> printer >> > is a must. I've seen a usb to parallel port converter at >> > www.cyberguys.com <http://www.cyberguys.com/> but their support >> told me it wouldn't work unless >> > program running it saw the virtual parallel port. >> > SO, hope you can figure it out -- otherwise it leaves anyone with a >> > new computer dead in the water. >> > >> > Jon Ong MD >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: [email protected] >> > [ mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Muller Fabio >> > Sent: Friday, July 29, 2011 2:46 PM >> > To: [email protected] >> > Subject: [Dataperf] virtualization >> > >> > >> > Gentlemen , I know you are already very skilled in >> virtualization but >> > I didn't find any vmware appliance ready with DP, so I decide to >> build >> > one. It seems to be working fine, my only problem is with >> printing, as >> > I don't have a parallel print but an USB and I'm still trying to >> put >> > the appliance to print. I'm trying to redirect the LPT1 to USB via >> > windows but I'm not getting to much success. I tested dosbox >> megabuild >> > too but I'm having problems with CTRL-F keys. Printing is >> working fine >> > in DOXBOX after some changes in the config file. Does anybody have >> > success to remap the CTRL-F Keys ? Is it possible to copy the >> config >> > file and send in a msg to the list ? Regarding the vmware >> appliance, >> > as soon as I got success with the printer I'll try to let the >> appliance >> available somewhere. >> > >> > Rgds. >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 _______________________________________________ Dataperf mailing list [email protected] http://lists.dataperfect.nl/mailman/listinfo/dataperf
