[Tutor] A Newbie Printing Question

[Alan Gauld]

> > 1) For plain text use the old DOS trick of sending output direct
> >   to the PRN: file/device - I can't remember if this still works
> >   in XP but I can't think why not...
>
> The only reason I can think of is that Windows XP is not directly
based on
> DOS, wereas the other versions were.  In so doing, they have lost a
lot of
> compatibility with many things. Old DOS games no longer work, some
DOS
> commands do not work in their mock command prompt, etc.

Whatever the reason, I can't seem to open the PRN or LPT devices for
output...
Also tried the USB002 port which my printer claims to be connected to,
so
it looks like XP finally kills easy PC printing... I'll be sticking to
my HTML technique from now on I guess.

Alan G.