Shaun’s Notes

This is from a mix of articles that I have read online.
This method seems to be the least complex and it works for me.

1. First you will need to share your Printer:
Start > Printers and Faxes > right-click on the printer and “Share”

2. Open Command Prompt and type:
NET USE LPT1: \\[The Computer Name]\[The Printer Name]

3. Configure the printer to use TEXT as Print Processor
Start > Printers and Faxes > right-click on the printer and choose “Properties”
‘Advanced’ tab > ‘Print Processor’ button > Under Default data type select ‘TEXT’ and click OK.

If you don’t choose “TEXT” for the default data type then the job will be queued in the printer spool but won’t actually print.

Now you can use the ‘print’ command in DOS and DOS applications to print to the usb printer.