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Network printer in DOS (Users)

posted by bretjohn  , Rio Rancho, NM, 28.02.2012, 01:48

What kind of network/servers are you using?

I'm no expert (not by a LONG shot) on networking, but here's my experience.

If you are using a commercial DOS networking product (I used to use LANtastic a lot), everything you need to set up one of the computers as a print server is included. This would even work with one of the computers DOS and the other Win (at least up through 9x with LANtastic).

There are also the "free" MS networking utilities, as well as some other free networks that you could download. This was way before "IP" and "networking" became somewhat synonomous -- I think they all used NETBIOS. There were also some utilties that would let you create a network with NULL Modem or direct parallel (InterLnk) cables.

I don't remember the names of the programs, unfortunately. You might still be able to find some of them on Garbo or someplace like that.

On modern systems, it's many times easier to use the old SneakerNet and copy the file to a flash drive.

Complete thread:

• Network printer in DOS - Laaca, 27.02.2012, 20:14 (Users)
  • Network printer in DOS - bretjohn, 28.02.2012, 01:48
    • Network printer in DOS - Laaca, 28.02.2012, 06:50
      • Network printer in DOS - Arjay, 28.02.2012, 07:50
        • Network printer in DOS - Laaca, 28.02.2012, 15:44
          • Network printer in DOS - Arjay, 28.02.2012, 21:20
          • Network printer in DOS - mbbrutman, 01.03.2012, 06:19
            • Network printer in DOS - Rugxulo, 02.03.2012, 06:37
      • Network printer in DOS - bretjohn, 28.02.2012, 19:35