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Thread ID: 24327	2002-09-08 10:46:00	Printing in XP Home from DOS Apps	chrysalis (1818)	Press F1

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77696	2002-09-08 10:46:00	I have a DOS cashbook App which I had no trouble printing from when set up in a Win 98SE platform. HAve now changed to new computer with WinXP Home . DOS App runs fine in the window, and same printer (Canon SP400)works fine from WinXP on either USB or LPTI , but just cant seem to get the DOS App to print. What am I doing wrong?	chrysalis (1818)
77697	2002-09-08 11:31:00	XP is the first Windows OS to be DOS free, so the DOS in the window is only an emulation. DOS never supported USB to my knowledge, and the Canon printer is probably like most inkjets, a Windows only printer with no DOS capability?	godfather (25)
77698	2002-09-08 13:47:00	I use a very old Dos data base called "Professional File" & it works oK in XP with a Hewlet Packard Deskjet 630c. It has to work with the parallel port as Dos does not support USB. It uses a Generic driver and only prints one font but is fine for data reports. I used to own a Cannon printer & seem to remember that there were some dip switches for manual setting of the printer - have a look :-)	Mzee (158)
77699	2002-09-09 05:46:00	Can you get the cashbook to "print" to a file, then print that from XP? Might be a bit of a nuisance, but it's one possible way round it. Or have a floppy and boot to DOS. :D	Graham L (2)
77700	2002-09-09 10:20:00	Which cashbook are you using?	wotz (335)
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