usb printer and wordstar

[jana]

hi,

I have two questions

1. Can wordstar for dos print to an USB printer ?

2. If so, what should I type at the port name ?

I have a Mac OS 9. I use virtual PC to emulate windows.
Then I use wordstar for my document. Now, I am trying to print this document which raised these two questions.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

regards
jana

[PGAGA]

Tuesday 06 May 2003

If you are using OS/2 the answer is  yes.  Ports can be redirected.

If you are using Windows, then  it can be done using  a  Postscript Printer driver which creates a PS file which is captured by a file called PrintFile which then runs the freeware program Ghostscipt to print  to the default  printer.  The  connection is immaterial.  Detailed instructions are on my Web Space:

http://www.glinx.com/~grifwood/WordStar.html

Sorry I cannot make a comment on MacOS since I do not use it.

Phil

[PGAGA]

May 8, 2003

In addition PrintFile will capture a spooled file and sent it to a printer with a USB connection.  A member of the WS List provided me with this information yesterday.

Phil

[deedee]

PrintFile is a Windows utility, which should presumably work with your Mac Windows emulator. You can find it at http://www.lerup.com/printfile/descr.html. It is a very tiny download.

Good luck,
deedee

[denlander]

I want to download Wordstar for windows or an equivalent. The download page seems to bomb in the middle of the download

[deedee]

You'll have to be a little more specific about what you're trying to do.

WordStar for Windows is not legally available anywhere for download as far as I know.

Is it the PrintFile Windows utility download that you're having trouble with?

deedee