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[Update] DOSBox-X 0.83.4 for DOS released (Announce)

posted by KormaX, 21.08.2020, 23:03

> As for USB ports - I do not
> think this can be supported in the DOS version; you can print to USB
> printers using the Print dialog in the Windows version on the other hand.

I printed from DOSBox-X to a USB port under DOS a few months ago. It requires a USB printer driver of course, that's not the emulator's job (like Georg Potthast's DOSUSB) and that creates a device for the printer attached to the USB port then the LPT passthrough function of DOSBox-X is used to connect the virtual LPT port to the appropriate device of the host system. It works.

On the other hand, I could not figure it out yet how to use the printer emulation function. It seems like it works, but then no output file can be found.

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DOS isn't about why. It's about why not.

Complete thread:

• DOSBox-X 0.83.3 for DOS released - Wengier, 01.07.2020, 23:17 (Announce)
  • DOSBox-X 0.83.3 (Windows installer) - Wengier, 04.07.2020, 18:09
  • DOSBox-X 0.83.3 for DOS released - Rob, 06.07.2020, 14:34
    • DOSBox-X 0.83.3 for DOS released - Wengier, 07.07.2020, 03:44
  • [Update] DOSBox-X 0.83.4 for DOS released - Wengier, 04.08.2020, 00:30
    • [Update] DOSBox-X 0.83.4 for DOS released - iw2evk, 18.08.2020, 15:01
      • [Update] DOSBox-X 0.83.4 for DOS released - Wengier, 20.08.2020, 05:59
        • [Update] DOSBox-X 0.83.4 for DOS released - KormaX, 21.08.2020, 23:03
          • [Update] DOSBox-X 0.83.4 for DOS released - Wengier, 23.08.2020, 21:56