OT: XP printing of dos program output

[Bob Rasmussen]

On Fri, 10 Dec 2004, Seth A. Fischer wrote:

> Sorry for the OT. Any clue as to how to get an old dos amortization
> program's printing output (running under XP) to a printer?

It should "just work". DOS programs, running in the "DOS box" in Windows
and outputting to "LPT2", for instance, should work, as long as the
content that is output by the DOS program is compatible with the printer
being used (which implies that the printer is not a Windows-only printer).

If there is a problem, try this:

1. Configure the program to "print to file".

2. Try
   COPY filename LPT2<enter>

3. If that doesn't work, try printing the output file with Print Wizard.
Assuming the output is plain text, it'll analyze it and autofit it.

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