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   August Abolins to Martin Foster   
   oxp: LPTn to USB   
   09 May 19 18:36:00   
   
   MSGID: 2:221/1.58@fidonet d8404c64   
   REPLY: 2:240/2188.31@fidonet d841f03e   
   PID: OpenXP/5.0.38 (Win32)   
   CHRS: ASCII 1   
   Hello Martin!   
      
   ** 09.05.19 - 09:00, Martin Foster wrote to August Abolins:   
      
    MF>>> No support for USB printers.   
    MF>>> No support for Wireless printers.   
      
    AA>> BTW.. considering that OXP seems to inherit direct references to legacy   
    AA>> LPT1/2/3 etc.. for configuration, maybe the hacks out there to redirect   
    AA>> LPT# to USB# might work?   
      
    MF>I wouldn't know about that but if a user has an old parallel port   
    MF>printer, that should work. Mine did back in the days when I used   
    MF>CrossPoint.   
      
      
   You can trick Windows by using the USB printer as a "network" printer     
   connected to LPT1.   
      
   net use LPT1: \\[Computer-Name]\Printer /PERSISTENT:YES   
      
   I don't have any printer connected to my OXP hosted pc, otherwise I would     
   confirm.   But I used this method several years ago to revitalize a custom     
   DOS program to work with a new USB printer.   
      
      
     ../|ug   
      
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