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Trying to print from Lotus123 in Dosbox to a USB printer

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First post, by Hanif

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I have a Brother laser printer connected by LTP1 > USB > PC. Windows XP can print fine, however, Lotus123 is unable to print to the printer.

I tried this command net use lpt1: \\antec\BrotherM /persistent:yes to map the printer to an emulated local port that DOS know about (e.g. LPT1). No cigar.

Any suggestions would be great.

Reply 1 of 15, by lightmaster

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dosbox version?

Reply 2 of 15, by Hanif

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the latest official vers

Reply 4 of 15, by h-a-l-9000

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No use with LPT1...
MB5 should have it 'when it's done'

1+1=10

Reply 5 of 15, by Hanif

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DOSBox-0.72 is what I am using
I will try DOSBox_Megabuild4-win32-installer.exe (HAL9000's build)

Reply 6 of 15, by Hanif

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OK I tried HAL9000's build and I set parallel1=reallpt in the config file
still not printing

Reply 7 of 15, by h-a-l-9000

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The only way this would work is

parallel1=printer
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printoutput=printer

If nothing happens, try Ctrl+F2.

1+1=10

Reply 8 of 15, by Hanif

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Added this to the config:
parallel1=printer
printoutput=printer

I also tried CRTL+F2 but nothing happened

Reply 9 of 15, by Hanif

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The Printer is a Brother MFC-8480DN Printer, set as default and connected via a a virtual USB printer port

Reply 10 of 15, by h-a-l-9000

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Did you add printoutput=printer under the [printer] section?

1+1=10

Reply 11 of 15, by Hanif

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No it was under the parallel section but it is now there, tried printing again and no go

Reply 12 of 15, by Hanif

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it does work with an actual HP Laser Printer connected via LTP1 but not with a printer connected via USB

Reply 13 of 15, by h-a-l-9000

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So your parallel1 is still at directlpt?

Post the content of the DOSBox status window and maybe the dosbox.conf.

1+1=10

Reply 14 of 15, by Hanif

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parallel1 is set to printer not directlpt

Reply 15 of 15, by Hanif

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