Subj : oxp: LPTn to USB
To   : Martin Foster
From : August Abolins
Date : Thu May 09 2019 18:36:00

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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