"parallel1=file dev:lpt1" works for me in XP, no PortTalk required. Your mileage may vary. ripsaw8080, I tried your suggestion on a Windows 7 computer. I didn't have time to install a DOS application, so I tried a simple "ECHO zap >LPT1 ". That printed to a printer connected to an on-board parallel …

Some legacy DOS applications will run under Windows, others won't. 64 bit Windows won't run DOS applications at all. Users are increasingly investigating DOSBox as a solution to running their legacy DOS applications. However DOSBox was created for running DOS games and so has no printing support. …