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From: Jan Willem Stumpel <jstumpel@planet.nl>
To: Jan Kandziora <jjj@gmx.de>
Cc: Linux-msdos <linux-msdos@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: DOSEMU not printing to USB printer
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 19:05:32 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4741D06C.9070405@my.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200711181923.37344.jjj@gmx.de>

Jan Kandziora wrote:

> If you have a fairly new USB printer, it's unlikely your DOS
> program has a driver for it. In that case, you have to install
> an ascii print queue and your DOS program may only print text,
> not graphics. Other solutions need a printer language converter
> (e.g. EPSON ESC/P -> Postscript). I know some for MS-Windows,
> but none for Linux, maybe someone else does?

I do PCL -> Postscript conversion, tell the DOS programs they talk
to an HP LaserJet, and everything comes out more or less alright
on my fairly new (Brother 2030) printer. See my message in the
archives, 2006-11-10 10:18:28, and the thread it was a part of.

Regards, Jan


  reply	other threads:[~2007-11-19 18:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-11-17 17:54 DOSEMU not printing to USB printer Garth Kay-Hards
2007-11-17 18:06 ` Frank Cox
2007-11-18 18:23 ` Jan Kandziora
2007-11-19 18:05   ` Jan Willem Stumpel [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2007-11-18 12:08 Garth Kay-Hards

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