printing from QBASIC

[AleyArk]

Can you help me?
I have installed QBasic in the directory C:\windows
\command. It is working okay except that I cannot get anything to print to the printer.

Nothing happens using the File>print command from the menu bar and nothing happens using the LPRINT basic command.

I have a COMPAQ Presario 7360 and a Compaq ij300 printer

 

[Alt255]

Your printer probably isn't configured to spool or print MSDOS print jobs. You'll find that option in your Windows printer settings.

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[MiggyD]

All I know is that I can't use either of those in WinNT 4.0 either. Try checking your printer settings as Alt255 said.




English is too hard to learn, the vowles change too much like come/home, comb/tomb, book/school, high/bye/sty, etc., etc. So should I say Geez or Sheez or Cheeze? hehe.

 

[Karl Blessing]

Parrallel or USB, Most printers can take MSDOS type line feeds if set on something like LPT1(Printer Parrallel Port), however some are exclusivly windows/Mac based where they must have drivers for even textmode printing, I would think you would want to consult with the manual or manufactuer as far as DOS printing goes, also if you are trying to print from a dos box under windows, you'll run into problems, as a DOS box isnt realmode dos, and also windows often tends to lock alot of hardware, therefore a console window could never lock access to some devices.

Karl
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Experienced in : C++(both VC++ and Borland),VB1(dos) thru VB6, Delphi 3 pro, HTML, Visual InterDev 6(ASP(WebProgramming/Vbscript)

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[MiggyD]

Thanks for the info kb244.

The NT server I was talking about is at work. My little work-around is that to change the .BAS extention to .TXT then send NOTEPAD /PRINT "C:\filename" to windows and let windows deal with it.




English is too hard to learn, the vowles change too much like come/home, comb/tomb, book/school, high/bye/sty, etc., etc. So should I say Geez or Sheez or Cheeze? hehe.