DOS printing through USB port

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My Epson 740 printer has developed a fault on its parallel interface,
but it works fine through its USB port. I need to print from DOS
applications but I don't know of a way to do it through the USB
interface.

If anyone can tell me how to copy a straight ASCII file to the USB
port I'd be grateful.

Thanks

Richard

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: comp.periphs.printers (More info?)

Richard,

> If anyone can tell me how to copy a straight ASCII file to the USB
> port I'd be grateful.

if you are running a recent Windows version, you could share the USB printer
(say myprinter), then open a command prompt and type:

COPY filename.txt \\mypc\myprinter

If you do not know which is "mypc", you can probably find it out by typing:

ECHO %USERDOMAIN%

This method do not work on Win9x.

Alternatively you could try Printfil which can automatically pick-up your
file and send it to any Windows printer, including virtual printers, such as
faxmodems and PDF writers / e-mailers.
With Printfil you do not need to share your USB printer.

More info and a free trial is available for download at my web site.

Kind regards,
Davide Guolo
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[Alan]

Archived from groups: comp.periphs.printers (More info?)

On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 14:10:34 +0000, Richard Swaby
<reswaby@dsl.pipex.com> wrote:

>My Epson 740 printer has developed a fault on its parallel interface,
>but it works fine through its USB port. I need to print from DOS
>applications but I don't know of a way to do it through the USB
>interface.
>
>If anyone can tell me how to copy a straight ASCII file to the USB
>port I'd be grateful.

See <http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/wpdos/winprint.html#usbprint>
This works if you're running your DOS app under Windows.

Also, I think it's possible to make a cable to connect the PC RS-232
serial port to the Apple RS-423 serial port on the printer. That would
let you print from plain DOS.

 

[sarfraz ahmed]

hi 2 all,

i have a dll for dos to usb printer. if anyone interested call me on 990576673.