Re: APL-PLUs + usb printer

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In article <MPG.21c1d3cbfab3495d98971a@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Philip A. Viton <viton.1@xxxxxxx> wrote:


Does anyone know if it's possible to get APL+PLUS (PC, running under win
xp) to print to a printer attached to a USB port, and if so, how? The
ARBIN system function only recognizes the lpt and com ports for this
purpose (or at least it looks that way to me). At my office, I can re-
route lpt1 to a network printer (via net use), but that doesn't seem to
be possible for a local printer (or at least, a local printer attached
to USB001).

It is theoretically possible. I discuss this very briefly in the Windows
XP setup info contained in:

http://marthallama.org/apl/APLXP_SETUP.zip

To save you the trouble of downloading this for a piece of one paragraph:

"From my research on the Web, the same procedure that works for network
printers works with USB printers, but with a few twists. Apparently you
have to set it up as a network printer, and then use the Microsoft
"Loopback" adapter program to tell Windows to treat your local printer as
if it was on the network."

If you get this to work, I'd appreciate any info on the process you could
provide so I can add more details to the above instructions. I think if
you do a search on USB printing and loopback, you will get the required
info.

Doug White
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