BC> Then see if XP has a way to intercept that output and convert it 
 BC> to USB printer output. 

 DS>   I'd certainly like to be able to do that, but have never seen
 DS> how.  In   my case, the printer is connected to another computer in
 DS> my LAN.   Windows programs can print to it just fine -- but the DOS
 DS> programs   have trouble finding it.

that is what the "capture port" option is for... i've not messed
with it under XP but use it all the time on w98se... as long as the
printer's "port" shows up in the list or can be entered, it
should work... currently, my capture's are to

  \\BEEHIVE4\HP990CSE
  \\DARKTOWER-W\LP1

the names after the single \ are the names that i gave the printers when i
shared them... the above darktower-w designation is not a port but is
actually to the linux printer server's first configured printer... whatever
printer i capture on the linux box to LP1 is where the output goes... i've
used this trick to do postscript printing without a postscript printer
because linux can reprocess printer output and convert it as needed ;)

)\/(ark