Gerry, Many thanks for those suggestions which I have tried, but without success. The problem is that the BJC-3000 is a bubble jet and, as far as I can ascertain, there is no DOS driver for it. Something to do with "raster printing" which limits it to the Windows OS. I was hoping someone might have found a way around this built-in limitation. I have looked at possibly rewriting the DOS program to write to file, thence to a WP program but (a) that is very difficult and (b) Even if successsful, I'm given to understand I would lose all text formatting in that process. My final alternative is to transfer the program to a spreadsheet, something I have been trying to avoid but just might have to do. My thanks again,
Jim, still sweltering in Brisbane, Oz. Gerald E. Boyd wrote on Thursday, February 07, 2002 5:51 AM Subject: Re: PCWorks: Printing from DOS. Canon BJC3000 > At 04:34 PM 2/6/02 +1000, Jim Cladingboel wrote the following: > > >Does anyone know of a method to print from an old DOS program on this > >Canon printer? > >I have raised this query before but, in the hope someone has come across a > >solution,I am trying again. > > I'm guessing you mean to print in Windows using this dot-matrix printer. If > so, then your only choice is to select Manufacturer: Generic and Printers: > Generic/Text only from the printer wizard when setting up the printer. Skip > have disk and let Windows use its default. > > Another trick to try is to select Manufacturer: Epson and Printers: Epson > MX-80 or Printers: Epson MX-80 F/T. In the "old" DOS days when the Epson MX > was the leading dot-matrix printer, almost every printer manufacturer made > their printer code compatible to Epson "mode". In a similar manner, most > Laser printers are HP compatible today. > > If you mean to actually print from DOS mode, then just redirect or "pipe" > the output to the printer (the prn device). > > To get a directory listing on the printer > C:Windows\dir > prn > > To print a text file named "textfile.txt" to the printer > C:\Windows\ type filename.txt > prn > > > -- > Gerry Boyd ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
