Downloaded h-a-l's mega Build SE and also Port Talk driver. I'm trying to send print output from a program that allows me to specify the LPT1 port. Virtual Printer option works fine but for reasons I won't bore you with, I'd like to try the parallel port passthrough too, using Printfil to capture …

Got it!! Thanks 😀

What effect do the priority settings in the conf file have? I've tried different combinations in an attempt to figure it out but can't see any difference. Maybe it's staring me straight in the face but I still don't get it :blush: # priority -- Priority levels for dosbox: lowest,lower,normal,higher, …

h-a-l-9000 wrote: Because I haven't touched that part... OK....... I wasn't sure if the whole 'virtual print'/'real print' deal worked as a package. I guess not..... 😦 Cheers 😉

h-a-l-9000 wrote: http://home.arcor.de/h-a-l-9000/test/dosbox_c … phicsprint3.zip Absolutely perfect! 😀 I'm probably pushing it a bit now 😉 but do you know why choosing 'printouput=printer' results in black and white, whereas png & bmp are in colour?

h-a-l, is it possible to configure your colorgraphicsprint2 so you can assign your own directory for the Virtual Printer files? Something along the lines of the "captures=capture" option in the dosbox.conf file? It's not a problem the way it works at the moment but having the option to store the …

h-a-l.... version 2 works a treat :happy: On my XP machine it now saves colour print files in both png and bmp. The screenshot feature (Ctrl-f5) saves colour png files to the capture folder and you've obviously incorporated support for colour text cos that now prints in colour as well :happy: :happy …

Re: h-a-l's Virtual Colour Printer > Printing to 'png' crashes the program. Works for me... could be the libpng dll version... I substituted different lbpng files from my various versions of DosBox but still have the problem. Not sure what else to try. It'd be great to solve the png problem because …

> Thanks h-a-l. I tried your parallel port passthrough last night but it was very unstable Strange, this is a CVS build from a little after the 0.70 release with only the parallel port passthrough patch... maybe cycles=auto causes this? > Printing to 'png' crashes the program. Works for me... could …

h-a-l, your Virtual Printer works in colour!!! :happy: :happy: :happy: I tried ps, png & printer first..... 'ps' files come out blank. Printing to 'png' crashes the program. 'Printer' works, but only in b+w. Saving to 'bmp' works great, and in full colour! Initially it was graphics only and no text. …

Thanks h-a-l. I tried your parallel port passthrough last night but it was very unstable - cursor movements were very exaggerated and it flicked between menus - almost like someone was playing on the keyboard! DosBox crashed each time I tried to print. I used the dll's from your site, then created a …

In what kind of enviroment do you intend to use this solution ? (compagny/hobby) Personal use. I have an old W95 computer and LPT printer that'll probably work OK but I'm not convinced the printer (or computer) will last too long so figured using my XP machine and saving the printer output as a ps …

I downloaded the parallel port passthrough, dll files and PortTalk driver. In the [parallel] section of the new config file it currently says: "parallel1=disabled". What must I set this to? Is it possible to send the info to postscript file or image (png, bmp) instead of a printer (as with ykhwong's …

I've been making good use of the Virtual Printer in ykhwong's version of DosBox 0.70 on XP. My understanding is it can only print in black and white. The program I use (data analysis) can output colour graphs when operating in DOS on an older machine via LPT1. Is there any way I can print in colour …