Microsoft KB Archive/825475

= You cannot print to a dot matrix printer from Virtual PC for Mac =

Article ID: 825475

Article Last Modified on 12/29/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Virtual PC for Mac Version 6.1
 * Connectix Virtual PC for Mac 6.0
 * Connectix Virtual PC for Mac 5.0

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SYMPTOMS
You cannot print to a dot matrix printer from Microsoft Virtual PC for Mac or from Connectix Virtual PC for Mac.



CAUSE
Dot matrix printers are not supported by Microsoft Virtual PC for Mac version 6.l, by Connectix Virtual PC for Mac version 6, or by Connectix Virtual PC for Mac version 5.



WORKAROUND
To print text to a dot matrix printer, do one of the following:
 * Copy the text from the PC program, paste the text into a Macintosh text editor such as SimpleText, and then print from SimpleText to thedot matrix printer.
 * Save the document in the Microsoft Word for Mac 2000 format, and then print from Word to the dot matrix printer.

Additional query words: VPC VPC5 VPC6 VPC6.1 imagewriter appletalk apple Dot-Matrix

Keywords: kbprint kbprb KB825475

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