how to capture the dos print job from dos and send to usb windows print

    i would like to capture the dos print job from dos and send to usb windows print job (i.e. printers like deskjet and laserjet USB port)

Do you mean DOS console application inside Windows OS or just plain DOS somehow calling Windows print job?

To be able to play with interrupts and all that low level programing in DOS/BIOS you'll have to learn assembler for particular CPU you wan to support.
Without proper libraries (to link your application) I don't think you will be able to do something with VB 6.0.

we are using many dos applications that needs to print but it only print through lpt1 port.

now we are using usb port printers

we have tried other programs to print those jobs in usb port, but not comfort

now, i would like create a program who capture all those dos print jobs that goint to lpt1 port and send to usb port where i define.

is that possible can do all this things. i m not a programmer but i have made several small applications, now i would like to try this

thx

but I'm afraid you won't be able to do it because you don't have driver for USB device under DOS (I have never heard for one), but maybe someone had written it already... try to search the net maybe you'll be able to find something, I would only suggest that you try to search c/c++ resources for that.

As for Windows application I think you could do something under windows as there is USB driver support, but mixing DOS application and Windows also could be a problem.

I just found this site while googling, hope it helps!

HOWTO: Print to a USB Printer from DOS in Windows XP

http://geekswithblogs.net/dtotzke/articles/26204.aspx

 

Happy evening!

you can do it by using  DOS2USB software.. this is a small installation file. you can search it on net.

 

There is a small utility which allows to DOS programs print to the any Windows printer and emulates drivers for matrix printer (Epson FX-80 and similar)

If you have any problems you can contact authors. They answer quickly.

You can download this program from http://www.dosprn.com