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Printing in DOSBox

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First post, by FDISK MBR

Posted on 2005-05-17, 00:01

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hmmmm......

I found a few instances of people asking for info on printing in DB but there were no firm answers.

I am running an old Generic CADD program which works well in dosbox BUT I'm not able to shell or print to any ports.

It's been a few years since the 8086 and my DOS is a little rusty. Any printing options other than leaving the BOX and printing from another program? ie. printGL or another plotter emulator.

Thanks

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Reply 1 of 4, by FingerSoup

Posted on 2005-05-17, 01:50

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In theory, you could print to a Serial printer, by using the DosBox directserial emulation...

If you had some kind of serial printer emulator, that Windows loaded as a COM port, then you could print to that from DosBox to the emulator, which would then translate to something your real windows printer could handle.

Reply 2 of 4, by HunterZ

Posted on 2005-05-17, 02:39

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Most DOS printers are parallel though, not serial.

Reply 3 of 4, by FingerSoup

Posted on 2005-05-17, 16:59

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there are a few with both interfaces (My old Okidata OL400e had both), but there were issues with the serial printing - it wasn't as robust. It's also slower... Which is why I suggested an emulator - but I don't know if any exist...

Reply 4 of 4, by Guest

Posted on 2005-05-18, 02:47

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I take it the answer is NO.

Sooooo, I print/Plot/Postscript to a file and then exit DB, run the emulator and send the output to windows printer.

Sounds easy..........NOT.

But again, without DB it would be totaly impossable.

any other suggestions?

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