1. Re: XP Printer was (confused noob)
DB James wrote:
>
> don cole wrote:
> >
> [SNIP]
> > When I changed to pooling it says 2 lpts must be selected.
> >
> > I tryied 1&2 and 3&4 neither worked.
> > I am not using a USB.
> >
> > Don Cole
>
> Hi Don,
>
> If this is working to your satisfaction then no problem, but I thought I'd
> expand on the idea of my last message in case it would help.
>
> After you have clicked on Properties of the printer you use, and after
> checking Enable Printer Pooling, you make sure LPT1 AND your regular printer
> are selected. This should allow you to print in DOS to your regular printer
> (assuming that whatever does the printing does print to LPT1).
>
> As Rob implied, Microsoft seems to enjoy jerking DOS users around, so this
> information does not come up in their Help that I could find.
>
> --Quark
Hello Quark,
Thanks again for responding to this. I have Googled and found lots of advice
on how to print in DOS with XP using a USB connected printer. However
my problem is how to print in DOS with a LPT1 port connection to my printer.
I can't find anything about this. My solution is at best only temporary. That is
use the DOS program to create a seperate file and then print that file under
WindowsXP. That means running 2 programs. I don't know why I should have to do
all that. I didn't have to do all that with 95,98,2000. Maybe Mr. Gates is
unaware of this 
Don Cole
