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re: msdos pc networking with windows pc
Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 6:55 pm
Windows 95 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by mike
(17 messages posted)
Wow thank you Jerry, if this was for me then i would do that everytime.... but I
need to make this a little more simple, target user is 70 year old and the program
prints or dos prints to a dot matrix printer or older type printer as you probably
knew and the need to get away from them. I have to travle to get to the place to
work on the system so i would like to get as much info as i can before going again.
now i can input a code to start the program as soon as the pc starts up so it
doesnt just go to c: it loads c:my prgram... so i am thinking i can put this
c:\report.prn
or somthing like it into the same .bat file that I put in the program to automaticly
load up. also if i got the dosprnt to print to a file on drive c: i should beable
to see it threw windows xp as a file threw the NIC and move it over then print .?
Sorry i have looked threw these prgrams and most the print files is you run it on
a windows machine not a straight dos machine but this prnt2file looks to be just
dos. thanks jerry
On Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 6:48 pm, Jerry wrote:
>Hi Mike:
>
>Try this:
>
>Download PRN2FILE.ZIP, unzip it, and put the
>PRN2FILE.COM file on your DOS machine somewhere
>"on the path" so all your programs can get to it.
>http://www.geocities.com/DOSPrint/prn2file.zip
>
>Type this command:
>PRN2FILE c:\report.prn
>
>Now start your DOS application and print out the
>reports in the usual way. The printer won't
>print, but all the output will be directed to the
>new "C:\REPORT.PRN" file.
>
>If the target file is not removed, additional
>reports will be appended to any existing target
>file.
>
>This version of PRN2FILE (there are others
>floating around) has no facility for "unloading"
>itself. Reboot your DOS computer to reconnect the
>regular printer.
>
>Now, take the C:\REPORT.PRN file on a floppy disk
>to your XP computer and print it from a DOS box:
>COPY A:\REPORT.PRN PRN
>
>Jerry
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