>It may be that your printer does not support DOS printing. I could not find the printer on the Canon site >to check its specifications. Check DOS printing capability as follows:

1. Create a text file using >NotePad (e.g. TEXT.TXT)
>2. In a CMD window, type in
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>  COPY TEXT.TXT LPT1
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>3. If a printer light comes on but nothing prints, you may have to press a "continue" button, or exit the CMD window to release the print job

If the above test won't print, the printer may be a so-called GDI printer which requires a Windows driver to render the print jobs and which doesn't support DOS.
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>UPDATE: it looks like your printer is a GDI printer so you might be out of luck:
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>http://www.canon.com.au/products/printers/laser_printers_low_medium_volume/lbp1120_specs.html

Thanks for the info. (Though I'm not happy about the news, of course)

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>Also check out Ed Rauh's FAQ#15418

That may be be a way out, and might need to use it yet. Ed was way ahead of his time.

Thanks again,

Alex