DOS Printing via USB Port - How possible?

Question

New computer doesnt have LPT ports, just USB. Got cable and connected Laserjet printer - works fine for anything in Windows, but can't print anything from my extensive Dos dBase IV files!! How can this be accomplished?

Answer 1

CONFIGURE USB PRINTER TO PRINT FROM DOS PROGRAMS written by Abbas Ahmadi
A. Give your USB printer a Share Name
1. Click the “Start” button. A menu appears.
2. Choose the “Printer and Faxes” option. A window appears, showing all your printers:
3. Right click on your USB printer. In this example “hp deskjet 960c”. A menu appears.
4. Choose the “Sharing” option. A window appears:
5. Click on the “Share this printer” option and give the printer a share name. For example HPDOS. Share names should be alphanumeric (the first letter must be an alphabetic character). Do not put any space in the share name:
6. Click the “OK” button.
B. Determine the Name of Your Computer
1. Click the “Start” button. A menu appears
2. Choose the “Run” option. A window appears:
3. Type “CMD” and click the “OK” button. A black window appears.
4. Type: hostnameand press the Enter key. The name of your computer will be displayed. In this example, the name of computer is EX2006
C. Redirect the DOS printing to the USB printer
1. At the black window, type: net use LPT1 \\ext2006\HPDOS /persistent:Yes and press the Enter key.
2. You must use your computer name instead of ext2006 and your printer’s share name instead of HPDOS
3. The above command line can be inserted into the c:\autoexec.bat use notepad to edit the file
4. To verify that the connection was successful, use this command: net view \\ext2006 and press the Enter key. You should be able to see the name of your computer and LPT1 and the share name, all on the same line.
5. To test that the printer has been successfully configured, at the command prompt, type: DIR > LPT1: and press the Enter key.Printer will print a directory listing.
D. How to Delete the LPT1 Redirection
1. From the DOS command, type: NET USE LPT1 /DELETE and press the Enter key.

Answer 2

Dos Print Usb

Answer 3

Print to a .pdf writer, such as Adobe Acrobat, then print to a windows printer.

Answer 4

The previous answer is real great.
Just follow those steps.