Ralph, Many thanks for your research and comments. My program runs perfectly in a dos window in Windows ME, but it absolutely refuses to print the data. My previous printer - BJC-4200 - had no problems doing this, which is why I have been trying to print from the Command prompt, and just about anything else I could think of, plus trying the ideas from all you good folk on this List. The 4200 printer driver succeeded in switching the printer on, but that was all, no printing. Every other driver I have tried does nothing at all even if the printer is already switched on. The dos program is in compiled QBasic 4.5 but I can't think that has anything to do with the problem as the 4200 worked fine from it, and nothing in it has changed. I have tried to print from this program using Canon's original driver, supplied with the printer and then downloaded the latest 6.81 version, as shown in your link page, but neither driver gives a result.
If you can offer any other suggestions I would be most grateful, but I think I have reached a dead end. Thanks again, Jim, in sunny Brisbane, Oz Ralph_Baumgartner wrote on Friday, February 15, 2002 1:31 AM Subject: Re: PCWorks: Printing from DOS. Canon BJC3000 > Jim, > > As I have found in the past, thinking about the issues you have > encountered, this printer may have been setup ONLY to work in windows, as > it seems from going to Canon's web site for the USA: > > http://209.85.7.18/techsupport.php?q=download&p=bjc3000 > > This was the site for windows drivers that was available for download - > they have drivers for this printer for win9x, winnt/2k/xp, as well as for > the mac. BUT nothing was listed for dos drivers. Also, looking at the > printer specs for it at Cannon's web site, it was listed for windows or mac > - nothing about dos. > > For example, a number of HP printers I had seen several years ago ended up > in this situation - some of the models were for windows printing only, > while others included the capability of printing in either in windows or > directly in dos. This ended up a case of how the internal hardware/software > of the printer itself had been written to handle information that was sent > to it to print. For those that were windows only printers, you HAD to print > any dos document from a dos window within the windows environment - if you > tried to boot directly to dos and print, it was just plain impossible, > since the printer had never been setup to print that way. For those that > were for either environment, then no problem either in windows or directly > from dos. > > Just to see what was the result, I used Copernic to do a search of web > sites with anything dealing with the BJC3000 - after viewing the results, I > think that this printer is one that is works either under windows or the > mac - dos was not listed anywhere. > > Also, I am trying to remember - why do you need to print directly from > dos??? Most older dos business, scientific, and similar programs, I used in > the past, have almost always worked in a dos window under win98, and I > could print while in that environment - of course, there were a couple of > exceptions, unfortunately, that did require booting directly to dos to > work, but they were the exceptions. BUT, even with them, if I had to print > any output, I generally could send the output directly to a file, to print > later. The problems I had were almost always with really old dos games, > which used dos extenders for their operation - some dos non-game programs > also had this problem as well, but luckily they were few and far between. > > Ralph > > > > Thanks Keith, but again no success with Epson or BJ10 and similar drivers. > Guess it must be impossible on this printer, so I'll have to look at my > other options. > > Jim in sunny Brisbane, Oz ============= 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 =====================================================
