Re: PB-DOS in Win XP? Not for me.\!

See www.lpt2usb.com
Belal Lehwany
blehwany@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Beck wrote:
> In article <2i04d2p0dt64tpro3qmbcag3gmd6ufc32k@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> mathedman@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 says...
> > On 3 Aug 2006 06:05:58 -0700, "Martin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" <mwhittaker@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> > wrote:
> >
> >   I have XP Pro with 1 GB Ram. BUT, it's a laptop with no parallel
> > ****t so, as I've found out, with no help here, that PB Dos 3.2
> > has no capability to print to a USB printer --LPRINT command
> > prints only to LPT ****t requiring a parallel ****t rinter.
> >   I've heard that Ver. 3.5 has added a USB print command in
> > addition to the LPRINT command.
> >
> If you want to redirect an LPT (real or virtual) to a USB printer you
> have to use a round about method.
> 1) Make sure you have the XP networking configured
>   If you can connect  to the net you are probably good to go
> 2) Make sure printer is connected and working.
> 3) Share that printer using an easy to remember name like "lprinter"
> 4) In your command prompt window BEFORE you start your PB-DOS program
>    type in the following (or better yet add it to a startup batch file):
>
> (This is suppose to be one line)
> net use LPT1: \\<your computers net name>\<printer shared name>
> /persistent:yes
>
> where <your computers net name> is the name found under my
> computer/computer name
>
> <printer shared name> is the easy to remember name you shared the USB
> printer with
>
> That will cause the network layer of XP to translate between a virtual
> LPT1 and a real USB printer.