Printing in DOS - Pace and Cap

Houndog · 05-31-2007, 10:35 AM

Some people when running the older DOS based programs may have problems printing when their printer is connected via a USB port. From what I gather DOS does not understand USB so it may not print properly or at all.

If your printer also has a parallel connection consider using that instead of USB. Since many of the newer printers only have USB connections you may have to resort to a special utility that can print DOS via USB. One that seems popular is DOS2USB. Here is the link.

http://www.dos2usb.com/index.htm

05-31-2007, 10:35 AM	#1
Houndog Grade 1 Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,258	Printing in DOS Some people when running the older DOS based programs may have problems printing when their printer is connected via a USB port. From what I gather DOS does not understand USB so it may not print properly or at all. If your printer also has a parallel connection consider using that instead of USB. Since many of the newer printers only have USB connections you may have to resort to a special utility that can print DOS via USB. One that seems popular is DOS2USB. Here is the link. http://www.dos2usb.com/index.htm

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