How can you get a gwbasic program to print out on a hp photosmart 7960 printer.
I can list it on the screen,but can't get it to print on the printer.Thanks for any help - Ron T
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The Dude 944 Nearly a Senior Poster
Where can you get a copy of GW basic? (Or Basic A)
I like to program in Basic and i would love having these again!!
Ancient Dragon 5,243 Achieved Level 70 Team Colleague Featured Poster
Get it here link found on wiki scroll all the way to the bottom of the page and you will see External Links. There is also a link to User's Guide which might, or might not, answer Ron's question. Since that compiler was written for MS-DOS 6.X and earlier its unlikely it will support printers on any version of MS-Windows.
If you want to learn vb, forget about GWBASIC and learn VB 2008 Express, you will like the results a lot better.
The Dude 944 Nearly a Senior Poster
Thanks Dragon :)
Welcome to the site RonT!
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printfil 0 Newbie Poster
As no "emulation" is listed at http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00030424&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN , it seems it's a GDI (AKA Windows-Only) printer.
You may want to have a look at http://www.printfil.com/article/print-from-dos-to-windows-only-printers.htm and http://www.printfil.com/article/basic-print-windows-printer.htm
Regards,
Davide
RonT 0 Newbie Poster
Davide thanks for the info - Ron T
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