MOS/DOS from EXTERNAL FLOPPY DRIVE to print

Steve,
You are not using M$-DOS but using what's called the 'Command
Interpreter' - CMD.EXE - This is DOS 'emulation' under Windows [Vista].

True DOS is a 'stand-alone' operating system that is just about the smallest
software that can boot a PC, as it all fits on to a single floppy disk with
90% free space to spare!

I'm not quite sure what your problem is [exactly] or what level of knowledge
you possess (i.e. what you have tried already). So, maybe you should post
some more information.

However, my suggestion would be to try executing the following command (in a
'Vista' 'Command Prompt' [dos-box] window):

net use LPT1 "\\computername\printer_share_name"

....after making sure you have given your USB printer a share name in
'Printer Properties'.

Check it has been set by typing :

net use

....to see all persistent connections. You should see something like :


Status Local Remote Network

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Disconnected LPT1 \\giro\HPDesk Microsoft Windows Network
The command completed successfully.



You should then be able to print in what you call 'dos' by using the
redirectable 'greater than' symbol : ">" in a command, such as :

type Filename.ext >LPT1


Hope that this is of some help to you.

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.




"steved" <steved.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:AF90199F-239F-4239-8ACC-472D4A0A4301@microsoft.com...
>i was using XP and changed to Vista,no when i to print from the EXTERNAL
> FLOPPY DRIVE (3.5 MOS/DOS) it will not print when i select the y (yes go
> to
> printer function)
> it just says check printer.
> the printer is on and all functions set.
> Is there something i can download to make this work with dell/vista ?