From: "Matthew Smith" <matt AT the-good-stuff DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject: Re: WIN printers
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 17:01:37 +0100
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> AFAIK, you don't need any special program for that. You just have to
> assign that printer to the PRN port of DOS boxes. Look up
> "connections" or "links" in the printer setup dialogs or print
> manager.
> --

>
> Generally, to print from DOS, the printer needs to be directly
> attached, and you might need to enable printing from DOS when you
are
> setting it up. (It asks on win98 sr2, don't remember if it asked
> before...)

These replies both suggest that a WIN printer can emulate a simple
Epson compatible when the GDI driver is not running.  Is this
necessarily the case? I thought these printers were dead from DOS, but
some Linux drivers had been written.