The Arcadyan VGV7519, also known as the KPN Experia Box v8, features an USB port, which can be used to turn your USB printer into a network printer. How to: Setup your USB printer with the Arcadyan VGV7519 / Experia Box v8 No need to use expensive third party tools such as Printfil or DOS2USB… this will do the trick as well!
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The above steps essentially trick Windows to act as if the USB/Ethernet printer is connected to LPT1. There you go! You should now be able to print from your legacy DOS/Windows 95 & 98 programs to your USB/Network printer Note: You should now have both LPT1 and your default printer port (from step 5) selected
be sure that the box is checked.ħ) Scroll up and/or down through all of your listed ports and click the “LPT1” port to place a checkmark in it. If you want to enable printing to an USB or Network Printer for these legacy DOS or Windows 95 & 98 programs, follow these steps:ġ) First, make sure you can print from within Windows to the desired printer, by printing a test page.Īll of your printers should be listed, including the printer you want to set up for DOS printing.ģ) Right-Click on the name of the printer that you want to set up for DOS printing and choose “Properties” from the pop-up context menu.Ĥ) Click on the “Ports” Tab at the top of the Printer Properties Window.ĥ) Make a note of the exact name of your current printer port.Ħ) Select the “Enable Printer Pooling” checkbox. This is because legacy DOS or Windows 95 & 98 programs expect your printer to be connected to a LPT1 port, which is usually not the case anymore nowadays. Have you ever faced the problem where a legacy DOS or Windows 95 & 98 runs perfectly on Windows XP/Vista/7/8, with or without compatibility mode, but refuses to print?