Re: [Freedos-user] 2 printers on DOS

2020-11-23 Thread Robert Riebisch
Hi Dale, > I got it working. Changed port from ECP to SPP. > The laserjet is now working on DOS. Glad to hear that. But always think about the environment before printing... ;-) > Thanks. You're welcome! Cheers, Robert -- +++ BTTR Software +++ Home page: https://www.bttr-s

Re: [Freedos-user] 2 printers on DOS

2020-11-19 Thread Dale E Sterner
I got the 2 printers working with some experimentings. I changed the 2nd port from ECP to SPP. Now its happy. cheers DS On Wed, 18 Nov 2020 16:21:37 -0800 Ralf Quint writes: > On 11/17/2020 8:42 AM, Dale E Sterner wrote: > > I think you're an expert on DOS. > > Can you tell me if there is a way

Re: [Freedos-user] 2 printers on DOS

2020-11-19 Thread Dale E Sterner
I have 2 parallel printers, which are now working on DOS. Changed the 2nd port from ECP to SPP. The laserjet , 2nd printer, prints a little odd. Will need some PCL6 commands inserted to get it looking better, that shouldn't be a problem. cheers DS On Tue, 17 Nov 2020 17:21:21 -0500 dmccunney w

Re: [Freedos-user] 2 printers on DOS

2020-11-19 Thread Dale E Sterner
I got it working. Changed port from ECP to SPP. The laserjet is now working on DOS. Thanks. cheers DS On Tue, 17 Nov 2020 22:33:30 +0100 Robert Riebisch writes: > Hi Dale, > > > I think you're an expert on DOS. > > Can you tell me if there is a way to get DOS to detect 2 > > printers on 2 diff

Re: [Freedos-user] 2 printers on DOS

2020-11-18 Thread Bret Johnson
> As already asked, how are the printers connected, and what are you > trying to print *from?* Exactly. Some programs will only allow you to print > to one place (usually LPT1) while others will let you print to different > places, including to files. If you in fact have two printers connected

Re: [Freedos-user] 2 printers on DOS

2020-11-18 Thread Ralf Quint
On 11/17/2020 8:42 AM, Dale E Sterner wrote: I think you're an expert on DOS. Can you tell me if there is a way to get DOS to detect 2 printers on 2 different ports? It can only see 1 printer, the second is ignored. Sorry, but you are very light on real info here. What do you mean by "detect 2

Re: [Freedos-user] 2 printers on DOS

2020-11-17 Thread dmccunney
On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 10:15 AM Dale E Sterner wrote: > > I think you're an expert on DOS. > Can you tell me if there is a way to get DOS to detect 2 > printers on 2 different ports? > It can only see 1 printer, the second is ignored. As already asked, how are the printers connected, and what ar

Re: [Freedos-user] 2 printers on DOS

2020-11-17 Thread Robert Riebisch
Hi Dale, > I think you're an expert on DOS. > Can you tell me if there is a way to get DOS to detect 2 > printers on 2 different ports? > It can only see 1 printer, the second is ignored. How are the printers connected to the computer? Centronics? Serial? How do you check, that DOS only sees one

[Freedos-user] 2 printers on DOS

2020-11-17 Thread Dale E Sterner
I think you're an expert on DOS. Can you tell me if there is a way to get DOS to detect 2 printers on 2 different ports? It can only see 1 printer, the second is ignored. cheers DS ** >From Dale Sterner - MS organic chemistry http://