I'm assuming that this driver won't work if I'm using a USB card in my laptop pcmcia slot?
--- On Thu, 7/16/09, Alain Mouette <ala...@pobox.com> wrote: > From: Alain Mouette <ala...@pobox.com> > Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] printing to USB > To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > Date: Thursday, July 16, 2009, 12:19 PM > Hi, > > In fact this (http://www.georgpotthast.de/usb) is a > full USB driver for > DOS, with both UHCI and OHCI. > > It has drivers for Parlel and Serial devices, plus > pendrive. > > Unfortunately it is only free for personal use... > > Alain > > iw2evk escreveu: > > For solve the problem you can download the free > software dosusb > > > > http://www.georgpotthast.de/usb/dosusb.zip > > > > > > in the package are insert some utlities for printing > via usb port on > > DOS > > see for documentation : > > > > > > 3.1 Printer driver > > > > > > There are two printer drivers available. LPT1USB.SYS > installs as a > > LPT1: device > > while PRNUSB.SYS installs as the PRNUSB: device. So > you with the > > latter driver > > you can use LPT1: for other printers if needed, while > with LPT1USB.SYS > > you can > > print from the DOS Editor or other application > programs directly. > > > > > > Both are printer device drivers which use DosUSB to > print to USB > > printers. They will > > work with a HP 2420d Laserprinter, a HP 880C, a HP > 5940 and a HP 460C > > inkjet > > printer. They will also work with parallel to USB > adapters. Check the > > endpoints and > > use the setalt utility to set the interface before > printing here. > > > > > > LPT1USB.SYS and PRNUSB.SYS are loaded with a "device=" > statement in > > the > > config.sys file or with the DEVLOAD utility. Load > DosUSB then, do not > > use the /L > > command line option here! The default device address > is one, the > > default device > > endpoint is two. Use the command line options e.g. /D2 > /E1 to select > > device address > > two and endpoint number one. Use USBView to determine > the right > > settings for your > > printer. > > > > > > These drivers cannot be used with low cost GDI > printers, since these > > do not accept > > ASCII code for printing. They expect data which > controls their print > > head directly. > > This protocol is vendor specific and usually not > available. If a > > printer accepts ASCII > > code via its parallel interface, it usually can also > do this via its > > USB interface. > > Use "type dosusb.txt > lpt1" or "type dosusb.txt > > prnusb" to print > > the file dosusb.txt > > from the DOS prompt. Or open "lpt1" or "prnusb" as a > file in your > > application program > > > > > > > > > > Michael Potter-4 wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I have googled and googled and googled this > question and have not found an > >> easy answer. That is strange because this > seems like something that would > >> be a common problem. > >> > >> I have an old DBase application that I am reviving > to run under FreeDOS. > >> It > >> prints to a parallel printer when running on real > hw, but when running in > >> FreeDOS in VirtualBox I want it to print to a USB > printer. > >> > >> What is the best way to do that? > >> > >> The printer shows up in the Devices->USB menu > in Virtual box. > >> > >> Here is the advise I received from a friend how to > do it under DOS running > >> within XP: > >> a) Setup the printer in Windows, then SHARE the > printer. Then in DOS, > >> one > >> can do this: > >> b) NET USE lpt1: \\windowspc\printershare > >> > >> What would be the equivalent of that in FreeDOS? > >> > >> -- > >> Michael Potter > >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challenge > >> This is your chance to win up to $100,000 in > prizes! 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