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In article <4qr891$8f6@curlew.mtx.net.au>, rsbaker@dove.mtx.net.au wrote:

>>2. in the Windows from OS/2 4 Windows I cannot see any of my LPT ports -
>>windows/OS2 keeps telling me they are not installed. They work fine under
>>normal windows.
>>  

>Matt, you'll need to open the Printer setup in Control Panel under Win-OS/2 
and
>attach your default printer to port LPT1.OS2 (scroll down past LPT3). Also 
when
>printing from Windows apps make sure you're printing to your default printer 
on
>LPT1.OS2.
>
>Note that the port LPT1.OS2 corresponds to LPT1, LPT2.OS2 corresponds to LPT2 
>etc.
>
>This assumes that you wish to print from your Windows apps through OS/2's 
>print spooler (I prefer to print this way because background printing seems 
to 
>work better due to the fact that OS/2 is multithreaded and starts a separate 
>thread for printing).

I also heard somewhere that it's better to turn off print manager in 
the control panel, if you're going to use the print spooler in OS/2. 

I don't know if it makes any difference, but it's the way I do it on my 
machine and it seems to work okay.

cheers, Alex.