Well, Dosbox itself doesn't support printing, you need to give more information

hello,
I am using dosbox MB6. what else can I provide sir?

Operating system, program name,
Maybe then someone might be able to help

sorry -
I am using windows XP 64bit, the application is a dos application which does not exist anymore

Apparently it does exist or you wouldn't be able to use it 😉

XP 64bit is not really known for good compatibility, maybe try a newer Windows (maybe you have access to one and you can try the nonexisting program on that)

Dominus wrote:

Apparently it does exist or you wouldn't be able to use it 😉

XP 64bit is not really known for good compatibility, maybe try a newer Windows (maybe you have access to one and you can try the nonexisting program on that)

ha, well i meant today it does not exist nor has support. It's called "Paging System 3.0" Internet Business Computers, INC (1994).

MB6 is out-of-date; you should try the SVN Daum verison.

I suspect you have configured your program to use a printer standard that is not compatible with the standard used by the virtual printer. The documentation suggests that in Windows you should select "Generic ESC/P 24pin wide" or "Epson SQ 860".

Those highlighted portions look like escape codes. That would be because you're capturing the raw output of the parallel port.

Ah, of course you're right. I didn't catch that.

rkpb1 wrote:

[parallel]
parallel1=file

To use the virtual printer, that should be parallel1=printer.