[Couriant]

Its been too long for me to remember this, but is there a command to set a printer to be able to have DOS applications print to it (if that make sense)?

[rhynes]

If it's lpt1, shouldn't be a problem as long as the dos app is configured for it. If you're looking to print to shared network printers across a network (or even locally), you can use the following command:

net use lptX: \\sharedcomputer\shared printer (where X is the port number you want to use)

[G-Norman]

It depends by which kind of printer you want to drive from DOS.

Originally Posted by rhynes

net use lptX: \\sharedcomputer\shared printer (where X is the port number you want to use)

The NET USE command works if the destination printer is DOS compatible.
If it's a GDI (AKA host-based, AKA Windows-Only) printer, this article might help: DOS print to USB, GDI, Windows-Only printers
Regards,
GN