Hey Mike,
is there any way to print to the printer port directly? As in /dev/lptx or
in my case /dev/usb/lp0? That would be kewl if I could do that, then I could
have killer controll over my photo quality printer in Linux and Windows at
the sametime!
--
Austin Gonyou
Systems Architect, CCNA
Coremetrics, Inc.
Phone: 512-796-9023
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Badger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 3:27 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [Win4Lin-users] Printing fails in DOS window
>
>
>
> To print from a DOS session under Win4Lin, you must enter winsetup.
> This should be done as your normal win4lin user. Go to Personal
> Win4Lin Session Configuration: Dos->Devices, then under
> the DOS Printer option, choose Default Printer in the
> drop down menu. Note on this screen you can also change
> the timeout. It defaults to 15 seconds, but can be increased
> if you experience problems with files not printing, until you
> find a value that works for you. Once you save these changes,
> your ~/.merge/dos.cfd file is modified with a line such as
>
> lpt1=default,15
>
> This will enable you to print when you are running dos.
>
> In order to print from your dos application while running
> dos from within Windows (command.com), you need to make a
> modification to your ~/.merge/win.cfw. Edit your win.cfw
> file and find the line lpt1=none,0. Change this line to reflect
> the value in your dos.cfd config file. Save the file and then
> restart windows.
>
> Mike
>
>
> At 01:12 PM 6/11/01 -0700, you wrote:
> >System config:
> >Mandrake 8.0, 128mb, AMD K6, HP Deskjet 952C, win4lin
> >3.0 eval
> >
> >Cannot install HP driver from cd. Did install driver
> >for HP Deskjet 870Cse from Win98 cd and it prints a
> >test page and other jobs okay. Assigned it to
> >'default' port.
> >
> >Printing from obsolescent DOS application appears to
> >work (that is, cursor indicates completion) but it is
> >not getting to printer. The DOS app appears to run
> >correctly otherwise.
> >
> >winsetup admin does not allow printer command
> >modification.
> >
> >Tried DOS printer change to 'default-raw'.
> >Fiddled with the timeouts.
> >
> >Scoured the mailing lists for discussion since
> >10/5/2000. Nothing new.
> >
> >Really like the way this package installs and runs
> >(far superior to vmware), but pretty useless without
> >printing from my dying DOS app.
> >
> >Any solutions?
> >
> >Thanks
> >-Bill Barnes
> >
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