Can't print from Dos program within Vista? Wizard <stop.spam[ at ]net.ai> 5/29/2007 1:18:01 PM I have an RBase application I've been using for years and I have it now running in Vista Business but I can not get it to print no matter what I do. I have an HP960c Inkjet printer connect by USB. I have no LPT ports. I have tried "net use LPT1 \\wizard\HP960c /persistent:yes" where wizard is the machine name and HP960c is the printer name. I have even shared the printer but nothing works. This BTW works fine in XP (I have to dual Boot because of this issue). I can print with this setup from a command line using the copy command. Any Help?

Re: Can't print from Dos program within Vista? "Dave" <dave[ at ]roadrunner.com> 5/29/2007 3:50:01 PM I don't have an answer, but here's some reading material.... http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-6230-0.html;jsessionid=xUcTNHifN5f33MAylr?forumID=101&threadID=222485&messageID=2233343 http://www.mydigitallife.info/2005/12/02/unable-to-map-net-use-lpt1-in-windows-xp/ http://www.windowsitpro.com/Article/ArticleID/39674/39674.html http://discussions.virtualdr.com/showthread.php?t=142728&goto=nextnewest http://geekswithblogs.net/dtotzke/articles/26204.aspx I changed my USB printer share to a shorter name, with no spaces, and was able to map it to LPT1 net use LPT1: \\computer\hp6110 then I was able to print by type dir.txt > lpt1 (had to send the command 3 times, because the file wasn't a page long in length) "Wizard" <stop.spam[ at ]net.ai> wrote in message news:465C2809.45F5399E[ at ]net.ai... [Quoted Text] >I have an RBase application I've been using for years and I have it now > running in Vista Business but I can not get it to print no matter what I > do. I have an HP960c Inkjet printer connect by USB. I have no LPT ports. > I have tried "net use LPT1 \\wizard\HP960c /persistent:yes" where wizard > is the machine name and HP960c is the printer name. I have even shared > the printer but nothing works. This BTW works fine in XP (I have to dual > Boot because of this issue). > I can print with this setup from a command line using the copy command. > > Any Help?

RE: Can't print from Dos program within Vista? tepeco 5/29/2007 10:36:02 PM Perhaps the problem is that the old DOS program does not know what a USB hookup is. I think you have to use a printer that uses the old parallel port. I know my old DOS program (Q&A) works this way. "Wizard" wrote: [Quoted Text] > I have an RBase application I've been using for years and I have it now > running in Vista Business but I can not get it to print no matter what I > do. I have an HP960c Inkjet printer connect by USB. I have no LPT ports. > I have tried "net use LPT1 \\wizard\HP960c /persistent:yes" where wizard > is the machine name and HP960c is the printer name. I have even shared > the printer but nothing works. This BTW works fine in XP (I have to dual > Boot because of this issue). > I can print with this setup from a command line using the copy command. > > Any Help? >

Re: Can't print from Dos program within Vista? "Seth" <seth_lermanNOSPAM[ at ]hotmail.com> 5/29/2007 11:21:32 PM "Wizard" <stop.spam[ at ]net.ai> wrote in message news:465C2809.45F5399E[ at ]net.ai... [Quoted Text] >I have an RBase application I've been using for years and I have it now > running in Vista Business but I can not get it to print no matter what I > do. I have an HP960c Inkjet printer connect by USB. I have no LPT ports. > I have tried "net use LPT1 \\wizard\HP960c /persistent:yes" where wizard > is the machine name and HP960c is the printer name. I have even shared > the printer but nothing works. This BTW works fine in XP (I have to dual > Boot because of this issue). > I can print with this setup from a command line using the copy command. You don't say if there is actually a network connected to your PC. Without an active network connection, you can not map a network resource, even to yourself. IN a case like this, you need to install the Microsoft Loopback Adapter. This acts like a virtual network device that is always connected allowing you to map a network resource (like in this example, to yourself). I have done this in XP often, but have not tried it in Vista, but I did verify that the virtual loopback adapter does exist in Vista, so try the instructions found here... http://geekswithblogs.net/dtotzke/articles/26204.aspx You may have to fudge a little as not everything is in the same place. The trouble I have when passing on some of this information is certain steps I do from memory without consulting the instructions step-by-step, so if you have trouble doing it this way, come back with the specific issue. The above is assuming that your issue is because there is no network present.

Re: Can't print from Dos program within Vista? Wizard <stop.spam[ at ]net.ai> 5/30/2007 4:15:44 PM I have tried the "Loopback Adapter" which had no effect. BTW that was not necessary in XP. I actually kinda think the problem is that there is no Parallel port on this MoBo and therefore no LPT's loaded. There seems to be alot of discussion about this very issue elsewhere on the web but so far no one has an answer. Seth wrote: [Quoted Text] > > "Wizard" <stop.spam[ at ]net.ai> wrote in message > news:465C2809.45F5399E[ at ]net.ai... > >I have an RBase application I've been using for years and I have it now > > running in Vista Business but I can not get it to print no matter what I > > do. I have an HP960c Inkjet printer connect by USB. I have no LPT ports. > > I have tried "net use LPT1 \\wizard\HP960c /persistent:yes" where wizard > > is the machine name and HP960c is the printer name. I have even shared > > the printer but nothing works. This BTW works fine in XP (I have to dual > > Boot because of this issue). > > I can print with this setup from a command line using the copy command. > > You don't say if there is actually a network connected to your PC. Without > an active network connection, you can not map a network resource, even to > yourself. > > IN a case like this, you need to install the Microsoft Loopback Adapter. > This acts like a virtual network device that is always connected allowing > you to map a network resource (like in this example, to yourself). > > I have done this in XP often, but have not tried it in Vista, but I did > verify that the virtual loopback adapter does exist in Vista, so try the > instructions found here... > > http://geekswithblogs.net/dtotzke/articles/26204.aspx > > You may have to fudge a little as not everything is in the same place. The > trouble I have when passing on some of this information is certain steps I > do from memory without consulting the instructions step-by-step, so if you > have trouble doing it this way, come back with the specific issue. > > The above is assuming that your issue is because there is no network > present.

Re: Can't print from Dos program within Vista? "Peter B. Steiger" <see.sig[ at ]for.email.address> 6/22/2007 9:19:54 PM On Wed, 30 May 2007 12:15:44 -0400, Wizard sez: [Quoted Text] > I actually kinda think the problem is that there is no Parallel port on > this MoBo and therefore no LPT's loaded. Nope, XP works fine on the same PCs that do not have an onboard parallel port. Only Vista breaks LPT emulation. Hey, did you ever get a useful answer to this question? I'm the "legacy maintainer" (read: software janitor) for a bunch of Clipper apps and our customers are reporting the same problem. Odd thing is, COPY/B {filename} LPT1 works file; we just can't get it to print directly from the application to the printer. I don't know about R:Base, but I think Clipper invokes a DOS interrupt to check for printer existence and that DOS interrupt is failing. Man, I haven't played with R:Base for over 15 years. I fell in love with it when our database prof showed it off as a lark in 1983, but he didn't seriously think anyone would do large-scale database operations in anything but COBOL so he blew it off at the time. Nobody else every came close to the R:Base natural language query parser! Email me if you want to do some brainstorming off-list... I can go into more detail about what we have already tried that doesn't work. -- Peter B. Steiger Cheyenne, WY If you must reply by email, you can reach me by placing zeroes where you see stars: wypbs_**2 at steigerfamily.com. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com

Re: Can't print from Dos program within Vista? PaulB 6/25/2007 2:01:04 AM Make sure to open the CMD prompt with runs as administrator. I use Rbase and this works for me. I also set output to a file name and the just print the file. -- Paul "Peter B. Steiger" wrote: [Quoted Text] > On Wed, 30 May 2007 12:15:44 -0400, Wizard sez: > > I actually kinda think the problem is that there is no Parallel port on > > this MoBo and therefore no LPT's loaded. > > Nope, XP works fine on the same PCs that do not have an onboard parallel > port. Only Vista breaks LPT emulation. > > Hey, did you ever get a useful answer to this question? I'm the "legacy > maintainer" (read: software janitor) for a bunch of Clipper apps and our > customers are reporting the same problem. Odd thing is, COPY/B > {filename} LPT1 works file; we just can't get it to print directly from > the application to the printer. I don't know about R:Base, but I think > Clipper invokes a DOS interrupt to check for printer existence and that > DOS interrupt is failing. > > Man, I haven't played with R:Base for over 15 years. I fell in love with > it when our database prof showed it off as a lark in 1983, but he didn't > seriously think anyone would do large-scale database operations in > anything but COBOL so he blew it off at the time. Nobody else every came > close to the R:Base natural language query parser! > > Email me if you want to do some brainstorming off-list... I can go into > more detail about what we have already tried that doesn't work. > > -- > Peter B. Steiger > Cheyenne, WY > If you must reply by email, you can reach me by placing zeroes > where you see stars: wypbs_**2 at steigerfamily.com. > > -- > Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com > >

Re: Can't print from Dos program within Vista? PaulB 6/25/2007 3:14:03 AM What I meant in my last post was to elevate the command prompt ( Run as administrator) when you use the Net use command. -- Paul "PaulB" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Make sure to open the CMD prompt with runs as administrator. I use Rbase and > this works for me. I also set output to a file name and the just print the > file. > -- > Paul > > > "Peter B. Steiger" wrote: > > > On Wed, 30 May 2007 12:15:44 -0400, Wizard sez: > > > I actually kinda think the problem is that there is no Parallel port on > > > this MoBo and therefore no LPT's loaded. > > > > Nope, XP works fine on the same PCs that do not have an onboard parallel > > port. Only Vista breaks LPT emulation. > > > > Hey, did you ever get a useful answer to this question? I'm the "legacy > > maintainer" (read: software janitor) for a bunch of Clipper apps and our > > customers are reporting the same problem. Odd thing is, COPY/B > > {filename} LPT1 works file; we just can't get it to print directly from > > the application to the printer. I don't know about R:Base, but I think > > Clipper invokes a DOS interrupt to check for printer existence and that > > DOS interrupt is failing. > > > > Man, I haven't played with R:Base for over 15 years. I fell in love with > > it when our database prof showed it off as a lark in 1983, but he didn't > > seriously think anyone would do large-scale database operations in > > anything but COBOL so he blew it off at the time. Nobody else every came > > close to the R:Base natural language query parser! > > > > Email me if you want to do some brainstorming off-list... I can go into > > more detail about what we have already tried that doesn't work. > > > > -- > > Peter B. Steiger > > Cheyenne, WY > > If you must reply by email, you can reach me by placing zeroes > > where you see stars: wypbs_**2 at steigerfamily.com. > > > > -- > > Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com > > > >