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Printing from Command Prompt to USB device

I have an old DOS program that I still need to use. Up until now I have printed from the program by directing printer output to the lpt1 port.

Now I have a USB printer that I would like to print to with this program. However, when I try to direct it to USB001 (the port that is listed in the printer's properties), the DOS program's print output is directed to a file called USB001, instead of capturing and directing the output to the printer port.

How can I get this DOS program to print to the printer on the USB001 port?

I far as I know, you will have to save it to a file, and have the OS print it out

You can see if you can find a DOS USB driver (if there is such a thing), that you have to make the DOS program use.

Does the BIOS have a Legacy USB option? That might help.

What OS you are using, and how you are running this DOS program, could give us a better idea.

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jasimon9

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I forgot to mention that I had also tried PRN and it does not work either.

Don't know what you mean by "running it under a Windows DOS prompt" as that is the only way DOS programs can run in XP as far as I know. So probably I don't know what you mean.

None of my comments above matter anyway -- because the 4th suggestion works. I put a "net use" statement in the batch file that invokes the program, and it works!

Glad to hear it is working. And I learned something new. : )