Dummy printer

.....except that it should be prn2file, if it's the one I'm familiar with.
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Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"Jeff Richards" <JRichards RemoveThis @msn.com.au> wrote in message
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>I would stick with getting prn2dos to work - it is an extremely simple
>little utility that uses no special features of DOS and should work in just
>about any type of DOS environment. Can you describe the changes you have
>made that might have caused prn2dos to stop working?
>
> Do you still have a LPT1 in the DOS where you are running the accounting
> application?
>
> What was the symptom of prn2dos ceasing to work?
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> Jeff Richards
> MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
> "Jerry Bank" <bankcello RemoveThis @verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:MPG.2136b6c0916df579989712@news.verizon.net...
>> In article <uGTPy5J5HHA.3916 RemoveThis @TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>, JRichards RemoveThis @msn.com.au
>> says...
>>> You requirement is not quite clear. Does the file you are creating have
>>> to
>>> be a print file for a particular type of printer? This would a file
>>> that
>>> you then transfer to another machine that has that type of printer
>>> attached,
>>> and copy to that printer in order to print it.
>>>
>>> Or are you trying to use a print procedure to create a certain document
>>> type, such as plain text or postscript or PDF?
>>>
>> Let me explain precisely what I am trying to do. I have an ancient dos
>> program that I use to do accounting for a very small business. I would
>> like to continue using it. However, while it was able to print its
>> reports to my old dot-matrix printer, it really can't handle my current
>> laser printer.
>>
>> The program itself only prints to lpt1. Previously I used the simple
>> program prn2dos, which sent the printing to a file, which I then edited
>> and printed out in Windows. Since upgrading my computer it no longer
>> works.
>>
>> I have been trying to find a way to do this task. I did find a program
>> called dos2usb, but it only works erratically.
>>
>> I would very much appreciate any suggestions as to how I can solve this
>> problem.
>>
>> Thanks.
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>> Jerry Bank
>> Trenton, New Jersey
>> Music is the language of the gods.
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