Hi,
On Mon, Sep 3, 2018 at 11:31 PM Tom Schultz wrote:
>
> I have version 1.2-pre22 installed and help mentioned future support for
> local printers prn and lpt1.
I think that was more wishful dreaming, being idealistic, than any
actual plans by anyone.
* http://wiki.freedos.org/wiki/index.php/Printer
> Will there be support for USB printers? My computer doesn't have a parallel
> port, but I have used USB jump drive and USB floppy drive successfully.
Unlikely ... although stranger things have happened.
You're more likely to get something working in VDosPlus (or whatever
other emulator) atop other "modern" OS than get native DOS driver
support.
* http://vdosplus.org/
* https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=4=68001
Although there's also Bret Johnson's USB (UHCI only) drivers, which
may have some limited printer support. I've not tested it, but that
may be helpful in some cases:
* http://www.bretjohnson.us/
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