>What I'd hoped for was that the Windows Print Que program would be intelligent enough to convert DOS-jobs to Windows format before sending them to the printer.
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>Has Microsoft deliberatly made it this way to discourage people from using Dos-programs? I wonder...

I think this goes for the printer manufacturer this time - didn't include printer fonts, relying on the windows to supply the rasterizing. It makes a cheaper printer, which then isn't capable of printing simple ascii pages.