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In article <i5iv51p1m37nr3h93kpaure63g0hpadrqa@4ax.com>,
Tony M. <adotm@coxdot.net> wrote:
>Yes, it did print on this very computer. We had a tech guy from ADP
>dial in and make some changed for uploading a financial statement
>electronically. After that, the DOS program quit printing. It is
>printing to the LPT1 port, I'll check the spool thing but I don't
>think the ADP guy fooled with that part at all. Also, I'm not getting
>any error messages, it just does like it always did except that
>nothing comes out of the printer! Thanks
>
>On 13 Apr 2005 15:35:52 -0400, adykes@panix.com (Al Dykes) wrote:
>
>>In article <1113420583.015791.181570@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>,
>>james hanley <jameshanley39@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>Tony M. wrote:
>>>> I have a DOS program (Volkswriter) that will not print in XP. I have
>>>> thousands of documents that we are converting but need to still use
>>>> them in the mean time. When I print, it doesn't list any errors, just
>>>> acts like it prints but nothing comes out of the printer! Any help?
>>>> Thanks.
>>>>
>>>> Tony McDonald
>>>
>>>Maybe the author's of Volkswriter know. MAybe it's a USB thing, in
>>>which case perhaps people in DOS newsgroups will know or google for dos
>>>usb drivers. In the mean time I suggest working around it. Print in
>>>windows 98 or boot to DOS off a boot disk / boot CD. Nero express
>>>(included in nero) has an easy wizard for making a boot cd.
>>>
>>
>>
>>Did this app _ever_ print on a w2k/XP machine ?
>>
>>What error message do you get ?
>>
>>Are you printing right to LPT: or are you trying to print to the
>>spooler?
>
Does the application have a way to print to a disk file ? If you can
then you can print the file from an XP application.
Can anything else print from DOS ?
I assume XP still prints.
ISTR there were ways to redirect DOS LPT output to disk. I don't know
if any of them would work under XP.
If this application is _really_ important you can probably run it under
VMWare or Microsoft Virtual PC.
ADP was always a good outfit. Have you asked them what they did ?
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