Before giving up, google "dosbox printer support"! The first result:
http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=33268 However DOSBox was created for running DOS games and so has no printing support. Fortunately, there is a DOSBox "Megabuild" which does support printing. On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 1:43 AM, Gene Wirchenko <[email protected]> wrote: > At 20:05 2014-03-12, Mike Copeland <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I tried it several years ago, but the lack of printing (to paper) was a >> deal breaker for me. >> >> (And if it DOSBOX is able to print to paper printing devices, then either >> I didn't realize it at the time or couldn't find a way, or maybe I'm >> remembering it wrong.) > > > I used to use DOSBox to run WordStar. I never needed printing so I did > not hassle with it. (There are builds that will print. The standard build > will not.) > > WordStar ran fine. (However, I found VDE (a WordStar-compatible > editor) which I now use instead except for the odd case when a file is too > big for it.) > > The DOSBox developers make it very clear that DOSBox is for games. > They make no guarantees that DOSBox will work with non-games. If you ask > for something that is not required by a game, you will get a no. > > [snip] > > Sincerely, > > Gene Wirchenko > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CAGv=MJC=ym1qtcm7wov2bwf_8sdx+vmoxr89gd4e2zjcjnt...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
