PRODUCTS for using DOS programs to PRINT to any Windows supported Printers

Our PRODUCTS . . . 

Key Features of DOSPRINT and DLLPRINT modules:
* Seamless, "printer independent" printing for your DOS applications,
--- IF your application can  write its print file to disk, or use the PRT2DSK feature ---

* Works with any printer with a Windows driver installed 
* High compatibility with Epson ESC/P™ and ESC/P2™ Escape Codes 
* Graphical Image printing support available (for company logos, etc.)
* Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP compatibility for DOSPRINT 
* Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP compatibility for DLLPRINT 

What is DOSPRINT? 
DOSPRINT.EXE is a 32-bit Windows Application that allows a DOS application to print to any Windows printer that has a Windows Driver installed. In essence, DOSPRINT takes a print file name as a command line parameter and parses the file, extracting certain ESC/P and ESC/P2 printer control codes. 

DOSPRINT emulates these codes using the Windows Printing System to create a print job on any given printer, regardless of the brand or model. Because the DOS application only ever needs to print with one set of Escape codes, DOS applications no longer need to have built-in support for every printer control language ever created! As a huge bonus, DOSPRINT permits DOS applications to print to Windows-Only printers, previously an almost impossible task! Finally, device-independent printing is now possible for DOS applications!  In addition, DOSPRINT can automatically print multiple copies too, and use network printers. 

Typically, DOS applications launch DOSPRINT with a SHELL statement, and after completing its task. DOSPRINT then returns control to the DOS application, while the Windows Printing System prints the document from the file created on disk by the DOS application

What is DLLPRINT?
DLLPRINT.DLL is a compact 32-bit industry-standard DLL designed to add printing functionality to 32-bit PowerBASIC™  Windows applications, without the complexity of API calls to the Windows Printing Systems. Like DOSPRINT, DLLPRINT requires a file containing ESC/P or ESC/P2 printer control codes. Additionally, DLLPRINT is called directly by your 32-bit applications, (rather than using the SHELL method used by DOSPRINT). DLLPRINT can be useful for porting DOS applications over to Windows too! Write your DOS applications to use DOSPRINT, and the print file generation code translates easily in the Windows environment - no major rewrite to implement printing. DLLPRINT's features are otherwise identical to that of DOSPRINT


SUMMARY:
DOS printer support is a real hassle, but our DOSPRINT / DLLPRINT utility significantly eases the pain - it enables a DOS application to print with Windows "truetype fonts", to ANY PRINTER, regardless of the type of printer driver installed in your system, even Windows-only printers!

DOSPRINT / DLLPRINT now makes it easy to print within your DOS application, to ANY printer supported by Windows! Try our DEMO program before you buy; it is a full-featured version of the program...it just prints a big SAMPLE "watermark" as the background.

There are two versions of each program: 
Both DOSPRINT and DLLPRINT utilities each come in two flavors (DEMO and REGISTERED): 
* The registered version is fully operational, and distributable as an EXE for DOSPRINT, or the DLL version for DLLPRINT  applications.

* The demo versions of the EXE and DLL modules print a watermark "SAMPLE" in 1-inch high (Red or Black) letters diagonally across each printed page. This permits you to develop your application, and distribute fully functional (yet obviously unregistered) shareware and demo versions of your software. 



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