I have a Datamax printer that is attaced to a local pc via com 1. Currently there is a FPD app that creates barcoded labels. I am porting that over to VFP6.

In the dos app I would run a batch file that did this:
mode lpt1=com1
mode com1 96,n,8,1,p
shiplabl

Where Shiplabl was the dos exe.

In the program I would
Set printer to LPT1

I would then dump line after line untill I was done.

How do I do the same thing in Win95 & vfp6.

I don't want to use a printer driver for the printer! It takes about 3+ min to print out the 3 label set using the driver and only about 6 seconds in the dos program. When I need to print labels for 50 + items I need to see some SPEED!

TIA