When you install the printer driver, a question is often asked. It looks like this one. "Do you need to print from DOS?" If you didn't then you may need to dive into the printer settings (you didn't tell what make/model printer!) and see if you can enable it.
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My printer (default) works fine when in my Win98 applications but when I move into a DOS mode (using an old FoxPro 2.0 program), it (the printer)won't print and I don't know how to get it recognized from within that horrible program. Suggestions?

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