[Freedos-user] Setting up a shared printer

2012-05-06 Thread Kenny Emond
Hey, I have recently been considering connecting our printer to our router so that all of our computers can use it. I haven't done it yet, though because I was concerned about my DOS box. I would like to know how to set it up in the dos computer once I get the printer hooked up. And for those wh

Re: [Freedos-user] Setting up a shared printer

2012-05-06 Thread Michael B. Brutman
If your network attached printer is listening on TCP/IP port 9100 ("HP JetDirect" protocol) and your DOS program can generate something the printer can understand, then do the following: - Print your printer output to a file - Send the file to the printer using this command: nc -target 910

Re: [Freedos-user] Setting up a shared printer

2012-05-06 Thread nospam
> If your network attached printer is listening on TCP/IP port 9100 ("HP > JetDirect" protocol) and your DOS program can generate something the > printer can understand, then do the following: > > - Print your printer output to a file > - Send the file to the printer using this command: > > nc -t

Re: [Freedos-user] Setting up a shared printer

2012-05-06 Thread Michael B. Brutman
On 5/6/2012 4:10 PM, nospam wrote: > Very interesting. I suggest you make a FreeDOS Wiki page from this > information. > > Georg > It is just a trick that I found. I was waiting to do a more comprehensive writeup on network printing until after I write an LPR daemon. Netcat is one of the best

Re: [Freedos-user] Setting up a shared printer

2012-05-06 Thread Rugxulo
Hi, couldn't resist,;-) On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 10:11 AM, Michael B. Brutman wrote: > > Most new network attached printers will listen on port 9100.  Yours > might not.  If it does nothing then it might be listening on the Unix > LPD port (515) or the IPP port (631).  Just try it, nothing bad

Re: [Freedos-user] Setting up a shared printer

2012-05-07 Thread dmccunney
On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 5:30 PM, Michael B. Brutman wrote: > Netcat is one of the best kept secrets in the world of networking.  You > can use it to send email, printer files, or any arbitrary data from one > machine to another machine. Not that well kept a secret in the *nix world. As it happen

Re: [Freedos-user] Setting up a shared printer

2012-05-07 Thread Michael B. Brutman
On 5/7/2012 6:32 PM, dmccunney wrote: > On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 5:30 PM, Michael B. Brutman > wrote: > >> Netcat is one of the best kept secrets in the world of networking. You >> can use it to send email, printer files, or any arbitrary data from one >> machine to another machine. > Not that wel

Re: [Freedos-user] Setting up a shared printer

2012-05-14 Thread Jim Hall
On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 4:30 PM, Michael B. Brutman wrote: > On 5/6/2012 4:10 PM, nospam wrote: > >> Very interesting. I suggest you make a FreeDOS Wiki page from this >> information. >> >> Georg >> > > It is just a trick that I found.  I was waiting to do a more > comprehensive writeup on network

Re: [Freedos-user] Setting up a shared printer

2012-05-14 Thread Bret Johnson
While only indirectly related to mtcp and netcat, I accidentally ran across this site recently: http://lspppacm.narod.ru It creates a DOS packet driver using a ppp connection through a USB modem. I haven't tried it (don't have a USB modem), but I think it's at least interesting, if not perhap

Re: [Freedos-user] Setting up a shared printer

2012-05-16 Thread nospam
A very good Wiki page on printing with netcat! Netcat can be used in many ways. I find connecting to a command shell on a Windows PC and transfering files an interesting application. I did not have a chance to test that yet though. If a windows printer is configured to be used from that command