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Topic: I have a favorite old DOS address book program that was written for DOS. My new Minolta laser printer won't print using this program... They say it isn't a DOS printer. Is there any way to get the printer to work?? Than...
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Old March 2nd, 2004, 09:16 AM   Digg it!   #1 (permalink)
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Printing DOS Program in XP???

I have a favorite old DOS address book program that was written for DOS. My new Minolta laser printer won't print using this program... They say it isn't a DOS printer. Is there any way to get the printer to work??
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Old March 2nd, 2004, 09:58 AM     #2 (permalink)
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If that program can save your address book as a text file or CSV file then you can print it using XP.

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Nope. The fikle is a .DAT file.
Thanks anyways...Don

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Old March 2nd, 2004, 10:21 AM     #4 (permalink)
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Can you open it in Note or Wordpad?

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Old March 2nd, 2004, 05:01 PM     #5 (permalink)
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Me thinks its time to upgrade address book. That or you'll have to purchase another printer.
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Old March 3rd, 2004, 02:15 AM     #6 (permalink)
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You could try this ->
http://www.andtechnologies.com/dosprint.html

I'm not very sure if it will work, but try
(still thanks to dvnt1 for pointing it out earlier)
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