Dos based printing

[Siphon]

I have a business client that went out and bought a new printer and had me hook it up. Everything works except for one major problem, the main program that she uses is Dos based and this printer is not compatible.

So my question is, is there a way around it? I've seen a couple of programs out there thay claim to be able to work around this but have never used any of them.

Is there a way to make this USB printer print from a Dos app?

 

[PCSupportGlasgow]

install Microsoft Loopback Adapter

set it to a static ip

share your printer

and then capture printer port and remember to set it as persistant.. incase your not used to dos.. net use .. is the command your looking for.


only other thing you might have to do is config printer's processor paremeter to "TEXT" as some apps require it that way.

 

[Siphon]

Installed Loopback Adaptor...
Set static IP....
Sharing Printer....
When trying to capture the port using the NET USE command, I get this message:

"system error 66 has occured

The network resource type is not correct"


Any thoughts on what would cause that?