hench@ee.uwm.edu (Mike Hench) (06/26/91)
Hi. Sorry if this is well known question but, Could anyone tell me if it is possible to get windows 3.0 to print thru the BIOS ??? I want to redirect int 17 and it appears to be talking directly to the hardware. Thanks Much in advance, Mike Hench hench@ee.uwm.edu
PDS2@psuvm.psu.edu (Paul D. Shan) (06/26/91)
MS Windows talks directly to the parallel port if you have your device connected to "LPT1:" or "LPT2:" in an attempt to speed up printing. This doesn't usually work if you have print redirection software, or network redirection (I had this problem). the solution is simple. Edit your WIN.INI file and add "LPT1.XXX=" to your [ports] section. Then get into Windows and connect your printer in the Control Panel to "LPT1.XXX." Windows will think it's printing to a file, thus using the BIOS. When the BIOS sees LPT1, it will then send the output to the redirected LPT1 port, and not a file. This should work....it did for me. Have fun! Paul D. Shan Microcomputer and Personal Workstation Support Center for Academic Computing 12 Willard Building University Park, PA 16802 (814) 863-4356 PDS2@PSUVM.psu.edu
desktop@olivey.ATC.Olivetti.Com (Jon Ericson) (06/27/91)
You can print to port LPT1.OS2 (included in the standard WIN.INI); it uses BIOS int 17. Elio Tondo