wine users - Dec 2008 - Dos to USB

Hi, I have a windows app that allows an old dos program that will only print to
LPT, to redirect to a USB printer. I was able to use this in native windows. But
Wine does not seem to be able to launch a dos box like windows could. The
program is at:

http://www.dos2usb.com/download.htm

Unless there is some other way to redirect an LPT port?

Thanks Bob

rdonnelly wrote:
> Hi, I have a windows app that allows an old dos program that will only
print to LPT, to redirect to a USB printer.

Wine doesn't support USB. Do you have your printer properly configured with
CUPS? Wine can't talk to non-CUPS printers.

Also note that Wine's DOS support has many issues.

Try it with DOSBox(http://www.dosbox.com/)

I have a cups printer, but wine and dosbox or dosemu do not run in the same
space, so the dos box is not sending printing queue to the wine printer. I am no
computer expert, but that is what I beleve is happening. But if wine does not do
USB, I suppose it will not run the Dos to USB prog any ways?

rdonnelly wrote:
> I have a cups printer, but wine and dosbox or dosemu do not run in the same
space, so the dos box is not sending printing queue to the wine printer. I am no
computer expert, but that is what I beleve is happening. But if wine does not do
USB, I suppose it will not run the Dos to USB prog any ways?
IIRC, DOSBox already redirects LPT to CUPS.
You Dos to USB is no use here, since you are able to print with your dos program
if it runs in DOSBox.

English_Mohican <wineforum-user at winehq.org> at: Dec 11, 2008 2:31 PM
(MST) wrote about: [Wine]  Re: Dos to USB
>
>Clarification please:
>
>1. Stating that Wine will not talk to a non-Cups printer presumably means
that it will talk to a Cups printer. So if Linux can print to a USB printer that
is a CUPS printer, presumably so can Wine. Yes?
>
Correct.  Wine does not care where the printer is located.  If you can print to
it using CUPS, then Wine should be able to do so likewise.
>2. If this Dos programme can be persuaded to run under Wine (I accept that
may be asking too much - Wine primarily emulates Windows rather than DOS) does
it matter whether the printer is serial/usb/networked/whatever, surely Wine
simply redirects it to "the" printer and Linux looks after the rest.
>
Correct.  Wine will direct all output to CUPS.  However, you must go into CUPS
and configure the printer and I recommend that it be the primary or default
printer.  Your DOS program may not be able to switch printers.  Windows
programs, depending on when they were made, should.

James McKenzie

OK, so dos does not print through wine, so I guess I wont need dos to usb. when
I print out of a dos box, it sends a printer error to my GDI printer. I am going
to search this further on the dos forums. Thanks for all your input.