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| Thread ID: 58440 | 2005-06-01 00:59:00 | DOS program printer clash | RaucousDave (4768) | Press F1 |
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| 360116 | 2005-06-01 00:59:00 | I have installed a new printer (a Canon ir 1570F copier/printer), but now find that I can't print reports generated in NZAGold (yes, an old-timer, I know...). Canon reckon that this machine won't print from DOS-based programs. Can anyone tell me: a) Is NZAGold a DOS-based program (probably...)? b) Is there any fix I can apply to allow this machine to print my reports? |
RaucousDave (4768) | ||
| 360117 | 2005-06-01 01:02:00 | Looks like it is | Overdrive_5000 (4950) | ||
| 360118 | 2005-06-01 02:19:00 | Is the printer connected with a USB cable? DOS doesn't understand USB . It talks to addressable hardware ports . Some DOS-based programmes have their own printer drivers, and talk to the hardware directly, without going through the "proper" OS hooks . What OS are you using? If it's one of the DOS based ones (W95, W98, W98SE, WinME), I have heard rumours of non MS programmes whicj allow you to use USB, but I don't no anything about them . You might be able to "print" to a file (probabl;y you won't be able to use a "nice" printer; just a generic plain text printer) then run that through a modern programme which will talk to the printer . Try a file; if you can read the file in Notepad it will be OK) . |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 360119 | 2008-05-21 04:30:00 | NZA Gold is made in Visual Foxpro but prints through Windows. Has always been a problem. But is there anyone out there that can give me a code so I can add another POS terminal? I just can't afford new Software. Thanks |
Dutchnz (8245) | ||
| 360120 | 2008-05-21 05:01:00 | just checked the date of the original post, im with speedy | beama (111) | ||
| 360121 | 2008-05-23 06:27:00 | I use an old DOS program "Professional File". Worked fine on XP until I installed a dual processor. I now run it inside "Dos Box" which works very well. So far as the printer is concerned, it only supports dot-matrix & Daisy Wheel printers on LPT1. I get round this by printing it to a text file, then load it into a word processor in Windows and print it to any printer. |
mzee (3324) | ||
| 360122 | 2008-05-23 11:12:00 | You could try sharing the printer and using dos to sapture the printer to the local LTP port Bring up a dos box net use ltp1 \\computername\shared printername and just print to the local ltp in NZ gold |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 360123 | 2008-05-24 06:47:00 | You could try sharing the printer and using dos to sapture the printer to the local LTP port Bring up a dos box net use ltp1 \\computername\shared printername and just print to the local ltp in NZ gold Ermmm, change ltp to lpt. |
linw (53) | ||
| 360124 | 2008-05-24 10:22:00 | Ermmm, change ltp to lpt. Holy cr*p batman, its the 'typing police' However correct yes.... |
SolMiester (139) | ||
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