I'm still trying to get printing working with FreeDOS in a virtual machine on linux and am going to try this. I don't actually care which dot matrix printer I end up getting to work. For anybody who has been able to use the MSDOS networking to use a SAMBA shared printer, which model of printer are you using?
Sent with Proton Mail secure email. On Sunday, July 28th, 2024 at 10:55 AM, Ben Collver via Freedos-user - freedos-user at lists.sourceforge.net <freedos-user_at_lists_sourceforge_net_gwk...@passmail.net> wrote: > On Sun, Jul 28, 2024 at 13:41:46 +0000, Michael Perry spookyb...@outlook.com > wrote: > > > Using FreeDOS 1.3 on bare metal. Yes, I know that USB came well after > > DOS's golden years. > > > > All of the parallel to USB adapters I've seen require Windows > > drivers. I tried USBPRINT without success (although USBDRIVE works > > great to copy files to a UBS drive.) And I'm not interested in > > running virtual DOS machine in Linux. > > > > What workarounds - if any - are there to printing on today's USB > > Printers? > > > If USBDRIVE works great to copy files then that suggests one possible > workaround: I've seen some printers that can read and print PDF files > from a USB drive. I can also take a USB drive with me and print from > a public computer in the library. Another potential workaround would > be an Ethernet print server. For example, here's one for $25 on ebay > that ought to work with LPR.EXE. > > https://www.ebay.com/itm/256584832900 > > > <https://sourceforge.net/p/freedos/mailman/freedos-user/thread/ > 63257d76.6030...@bttr-software.de/> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
