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HELPPPPPPPP, Need to know about Windows XP and QuickBasic USB printer driver access
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Jan 5th, 2007
:eek: My Dad has been working on a program and since he isn't online, he is having me ask you all for HELP !!!!!
How do you access the USB printer driver included in Windows and be able to use that information to print application programs using QuickBasic 4.0 ?
How do you access the USB printer driver included in Windows and be able to use that information to print application programs using QuickBasic 4.0 ?
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Re: HELPPPPPPPP, Need to know about Windows XP and QuickBasic USB printer driver access
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Re: HELPPPPPPPP, Need to know about Windows XP and QuickBasic USB printer driver access
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Mar 7th, 2007
*switch to VB!*
or a better language like C, C++, or Java.
or a better language like C, C++, or Java.
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Re: HELPPPPPPPP, Need to know about Windows XP and QuickBasic USB printer driver access
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Mar 7th, 2007
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Originally Posted by linux 
*switch to VB!*
or a better language like C, C++, or Java.
Humm, not very helpfull...
If he is just trying to print to a USB printer then he can use the NET USE Command from the DOS prompt like this:
:>net use lpt1 \\[Server]\[Shared Printer]\ /persistent:y
OR
He can use a third party program like DOSPrint from
www.andtechnologies.com/dosprint.html
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Re: HELPPPPPPPP, Need to know about Windows XP and QuickBasic USB printer driver access
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Mar 8th, 2007
that assumes the printer is actually assigned to a DOS accessible printer port rather than a network URI (which is quite possible with USB printers).
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Re: HELPPPPPPPP, Need to know about Windows XP and QuickBasic USB printer driver access
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Mar 10th, 2007
Wait do you mean like "lprint "W/e"
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Re: HELPPPPPPPP, Need to know about Windows XP and QuickBasic USB printer driver access
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Mar 7th, 2008
Specifically what command within a QB4.5 basic program with send output to a printer rather than the DOS screen when running a compiled QB program within XP. Obviously "LPRINT" does not do it.
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Re: HELPPPPPPPP, Need to know about Windows XP and QuickBasic USB printer driver access
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Originally Posted by TedS
Specifically what command within a QB4.5 basic program with send output to a printer rather than the DOS screen when running a compiled QB program within XP. Obviously "LPRINT" does not do it.
LPRINT does work, but there is very long pause becuase the LPRINT command does not use the CLOSE Command. This started with the WinNT. Without it, the windows spooler will pause for ~90 secs before it prints anything out, or will wait until the next output command... Try something like this first, and be sure to be useing either the NET USE command to virtually route the port, or use a free third party app like DOSPRINT to route the port to a USB. I have over 500 customers "still" using with these methods.
File$ = "LPT1:" d% = FREEFILE OPEN File$ FOR OUTPUT AS #d% 'Open Device PRINT #d%, TAB(5); "Printed stuff goes here" PRINT #d%, CHR$(12) Close #d%
Do not forget to use the form feed, CHR$(12) !!! Printing starts as soon as the close command is received, if you do not, then there can also be a pause depending on the type of printer you are useing, ie Dotmatrix...
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Re: HELPPPPPPPP, Need to know about Windows XP and QuickBasic USB printer driver access
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Mar 20th, 2008
These articles explains either how to speed up printing from DOS to Windows printers (without changes to the Basic source) or how to let Basic programs printing to GDI Windows printers.
Regards,
Davide Guolo
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Regards,
Davide Guolo
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Re: HELPPPPPPPP, Need to know about Windows XP and QuickBasic USB printer driver access
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Mar 23rd, 2008
Alright, this thread is more than a year old.
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