The ... TO LPTx.DOS setting depends on which DOS printer port is "captured" on each particular machine. Make sure that "MS-DOS" print jobs can be sent to the printer you choose, from the W95 PC.

You could also try just LPTx on the W95 machine.

>Thanks!
>The below works Great. Except:
>COPY FILE Outputfile TO LPT1.DOS
>I get "Can not create File" when usign a WIN95 Machine.
>using NT4.0 Works great. Any other Ideas.
>
>>The cause of your problems is indeed Windows' control of the printer.
>>
>>Generally, your best bet is to create a single file which you then dump to the appropriate printer. First, create a file containing your printer initialization codes. I haven't tested this, but you can probably SET ALTERNATE TO a file, then run your ??? commands, to place them in that file.
>>
>>****************************************
>>SET ALTERNATE TO InitFile
>>??? your printer init commands
>>???
>>???
>>SET ALTERNATE TO &&closes the InitFile
>>* If your Init commands are always the same, you could manually
>>* create the Initfile and not bother with the above.
>>
>>*You then need to combine this init file with your text file. A single DOS *command can do this, so you could RUN it from within VFP e.g.
>>RUN COPY InitFile+TextFile OutputFile
>>
>>*You then issue a native VFP COPY command to dump the result to the printer:
>>COPY FILE OutputFile TO LPTx.DOS
>>****************************************
>>
>>Since you've been printing using FPD, you probably already have DOS printer ports captured appropriately, so the above should work.
>>
>>>Hope someone can help with this. I have some txt files that get loaded onto my network from a main frame. These files are ment to be printed on 11x17 paper. In the past using 2.6 Dos I have used PCl Commands to set the printer up before issuing the Type myfile.txt to printer. The time finally came to port this App over to VFP6.0... well to make a long story end. Why does the following not work in VFP 6/5:
>>>
>>> ???
>>> ???
>>>ETC.
>>>
>>>I assume its because windows wants to control the printer.. Is there a way around it?
>>>
>>>As Always
>>>Thanks in advance and
>>>Thanks for everyone that has helped in the past.
>>>
>>>Bob Buske

Regards. Al

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