Printer not Ready

Hi, I'm using Dbase III Plus, and I just upgraded from Windows 98 to Windows XP.


I copied the program successfully to the new computer, however when i tried to
print off of a USB printer (in the past I had used an older printer cable
printer) it said 'printer not ready'. In response to this I attmpted to set up
printer pooling, and tried to trick the program into thinking i had my old
printer, needless to say, that was an abysmal failure.

Now I bought a parallel port card (the new computer didn't have one) and
successful installed it, along with the old printer, so that the computer can
recognize it. Dbase still however, claims 'printer not ready'. I'm at a loss for
what to do now. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

thanks,

Hi Ben.
There was a program called "prn2file" that I used years ago. This was
cheap 
(if not free) and you can find it on Google.


"Ben" <dimdog@gmail.com> a écrit dans le message de news: 
DToK9P3rHHA.1396@news-server...
> Hi, I'm using Dbase III Plus, and I just upgraded from Windows 98 to 
> Windows XP.
>
> I copied the program successfully to the new computer, however when i 
> tried to print off of a USB printer (in the past I had used an older 
> printer cable printer) it said 'printer not ready'. In response to this I 
> attmpted to set up printer pooling, and tried to trick the program into 
> thinking i had my old printer, needless to say, that was an abysmal 
> failure.
>
> Now I bought a parallel port card (the new computer didn't have one) and 
> successful installed it, along with the old printer, so that the computer 
> can recognize it. Dbase still however, claims 'printer not ready'. I'm at 
> a loss for what to do now. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> thanks,
> Ben 

Thanks for the tip, I understand that this will work to fix the problem, however
I am a complete novice at this point, and have no idea how to implement prn2file
so that i can use it. If you could help me further in any way, it would be
greatly appreciated.


Martin Lambert Wrote:

> Hi Ben.
> There was a program called "prn2file" that I used years ago. This
was cheap 
> (if not free) and you can find it on Google.
> 
> 
> "Ben" <dimdog@gmail.com> a écrit dans le message de news: 
> DToK9P3rHHA.1396@news-server...
> > Hi, I'm using Dbase III Plus, and I just upgraded from Windows 98 to 
> > Windows XP.
> >
> > I copied the program successfully to the new computer, however when i

> > tried to print off of a USB printer (in the past I had used an older 
> > printer cable printer) it said 'printer not ready'. In response to
this I 
> > attmpted to set up printer pooling, and tried to trick the program
into 
> > thinking i had my old printer, needless to say, that was an abysmal 
> > failure.
> >
> > Now I bought a parallel port card (the new computer didn't have one)
and 
> > successful installed it, along with the old printer, so that the
computer 
> > can recognize it. Dbase still however, claims 'printer not ready'. I'm
at 
> > a loss for what to do now. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > thanks,
> > Ben 
> 
> 

I will do my best to remember how to use it.
I think that this software have to run in the background and it takes 
ownership of all print jobs.
There was a settings option where you can tell it to use your USB printer as 
an old parralel one or something like this.

Did you installed it ?



"Ben" <dimdog@gmail.com> a écrit dans le message de news: 
GTF8VMrsHHA.1396@news-server...
> Thanks for the tip, I understand that this will work to fix the problem, 
> however I am a complete novice at this point, and have no idea how to 
> implement prn2file so that i can use it. If you could help me further in 
> any way, it would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
> Martin Lambert Wrote:
>
>> Hi Ben.
>> There was a program called "prn2file" that I used years ago.
This was 
>> cheap
>> (if not free) and you can find it on Google.
>>
>>
>> "Ben" <dimdog@gmail.com> a écrit dans le message de
news:
>> DToK9P3rHHA.1396@news-server...
>> > Hi, I'm using Dbase III Plus, and I just upgraded from Windows 98
to
>> > Windows XP.
>> >
>> > I copied the program successfully to the new computer, however
when i
>> > tried to print off of a USB printer (in the past I had used an
older
>> > printer cable printer) it said 'printer not ready'. In response to
this 
>> > I
>> > attmpted to set up printer pooling, and tried to trick the program
into
>> > thinking i had my old printer, needless to say, that was an
abysmal
>> > failure.
>> >
>> > Now I bought a parallel port card (the new computer didn't have
one) 
>> > and
>> > successful installed it, along with the old printer, so that the 
>> > computer
>> > can recognize it. Dbase still however, claims 'printer not ready'.
I'm 
>> > at
>> > a loss for what to do now. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>> >
>> > thanks,
>> > Ben
>>
>>
> 

When i try to run prn2file a dos window opens for a few seconds, then closes.
Currently i have prn2file in one folder, and my dbase software in another one, i
would think they would probably have to be in the same folder, but i don't know
how they would link anyway.

Thanks,

Ben

Martin Lambert Wrote:

> I will do my best to remember how to use it.
> I think that this software have to run in the background and it takes 
> ownership of all print jobs.
> There was a settings option where you can tell it to use your USB printer
as 
> an old parralel one or something like this.
> 
> Did you installed it ?
> 
> 
> 
> "Ben" <dimdog@gmail.com> a écrit dans le message de news: 
> GTF8VMrsHHA.1396@news-server...
> > Thanks for the tip, I understand that this will work to fix the
problem, 
> > however I am a complete novice at this point, and have no idea how to

> > implement prn2file so that i can use it. If you could help me further
in 
> > any way, it would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> >
> > Martin Lambert Wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Ben.
> >> There was a program called "prn2file" that I used years
ago. This was 
> >> cheap
> >> (if not free) and you can find it on Google.
> >>
> >>
> >> "Ben" <dimdog@gmail.com> a écrit dans le message
de news:
> >> DToK9P3rHHA.1396@news-server...
> >> > Hi, I'm using Dbase III Plus, and I just upgraded from
Windows 98 to
> >> > Windows XP.
> >> >
> >> > I copied the program successfully to the new computer,
however when i
> >> > tried to print off of a USB printer (in the past I had used
an older
> >> > printer cable printer) it said 'printer not ready'. In
response to this 
> >> > I
> >> > attmpted to set up printer pooling, and tried to trick the
program into
> >> > thinking i had my old printer, needless to say, that was an
abysmal
> >> > failure.
> >> >
> >> > Now I bought a parallel port card (the new computer didn't
have one) 
> >> > and
> >> > successful installed it, along with the old printer, so that
the 
> >> > computer
> >> > can recognize it. Dbase still however, claims 'printer not
ready'. I'm 
> >> > at
> >> > a loss for what to do now. Any help would be greatly
appreciated.
> >> >
> >> > thanks,
> >> > Ben
> >>
> >>
> > 
> 
>