Getting my Dot Matrix to Print in DOS mode
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Hello, I have an old Panasonic KX-P2023 dot matrix printer. Whenever I print from a Windows program, it prints in letter-quality mode with proportional fonts, but I would prefer it to print in DOS mode. I am able to get it to print in DOS mode from a command prompt using the "print" command, but how can I configure windows ( or maybe the print driver ) so that it will print in DOS mode from Visual Studio, and other GUI programs? Thanks a lot, Rich
-------------------------------- "All that is necessary for the forces of evil to win in the world is for enough good men to do nothing" -- Edmund Burke
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Hello, I have an old Panasonic KX-P2023 dot matrix printer. Whenever I print from a Windows program, it prints in letter-quality mode with proportional fonts, but I would prefer it to print in DOS mode. I am able to get it to print in DOS mode from a command prompt using the "print" command, but how can I configure windows ( or maybe the print driver ) so that it will print in DOS mode from Visual Studio, and other GUI programs? Thanks a lot, Rich
-------------------------------- "All that is necessary for the forces of evil to win in the world is for enough good men to do nothing" -- Edmund Burke
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Hi Dave, Thank you for that, very much. I was looking for something more along the lines of a way to set the print options in Windows so that the printer would operate in DOS mode automatically from any application. I appreciate you taking the time to answer my post, Rich
-------------------------------- "All that is necessary for the forces of evil to win in the world is for enough good men to do nothing" -- Edmund Burke
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Hi Dave, Thank you for that, very much. I was looking for something more along the lines of a way to set the print options in Windows so that the printer would operate in DOS mode automatically from any application. I appreciate you taking the time to answer my post, Rich
-------------------------------- "All that is necessary for the forces of evil to win in the world is for enough good men to do nothing" -- Edmund Burke
Richie308 wrote:
would operate in DOS mode automatically from any application.
There's no such thing. About the best you're going to get is to install the Generic Text Only printer (Start/Settings/Printers/Add) and not use the driver specifically for your printer.
Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic
