I had transferred data from my DOS PC to my Linux PC via a USB-2 stick.
But I thought that I might do something as simple as printing text,
directly from the DOS machine.
I wrote:
I have just connected my Brother HL-3150CDN laser printer to my Dell
OptiPlex GX270.
My printer usually receives instructions from a Linux PC via an Ethernet
cable. But it also has a USB B port. So I used a USB cable to connect
that to a spare USB A port on my old DOS PC.
I made a test text document, and I tried just to print
it.
I used the FreeDOS "print" command, unembellished.
That didn't work,
The printer did not respond.
but I noticed the following advice:
The FreeDOS PC monitor listed the following line at the end of
information after I unsuccessfully attempted to print.
"Device to direct Print [PRN=0]".
I expect that no data went to the printer.
What do I need to do?
Please walk me through attempting to print from FreeDOS via USB.
{Microsoft did not include USB support in MS-DOS, even though they
actually continued to make DOS for several years after USB came out
(mid-1990s). No version of DOS (including FreeDOS) today has native
support for USB devices: printers, mice, keyboards, etc.
There are only two possible solutions right now if you want to print to
a USB printer in DOS (and not under a virtual "DOS Box" of some sort).
Bret Johnson is working on DOS USB drivers, but they are not in a
finished state yet and may not work everywhere yet (depends on hardware).}
http://wiki.freedos.org/wiki/index.php/Printer
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