Hi! Tom,

On 24/05/2015 11:54 AM, you wrote:

 PQ>> Same here.  With the USB port assigned by Ubuntu (VirtualBox) to the
 TW> XP VM.

 TW> As a side note becauew one of the wifes old program's will only
 TW> recognizes LPT ports
 TW> I searched around and found out I can Simulate an LPT port in XP by
 TW> using the following steps:

 TW> Do a "Right Mouse" Click on the Printers Name
 TW> Choose "Properties"
 TW> Click on hte "Ports" tab
 TW> Rembember the USB port name
 TW> Click on "Enable Printer Pooling" and check the box
 TW> Scroll through the listed ports and click on "LPT1" port
 TW> Click on "Apply" and "Ok"

Neat!  I'm saving a copy of that.  :)  DOS printing was always problematic,
till seeing your solution.  Thank you.

In recent times I've been able to use not only NNTP but also the SemPoint
OLMR for the longest time, both of which being Windows applications and
therefore able to access any installed printers in Windows, or any on the
LAN.  I've been spoiled by them.

Cheers,
Paul.

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