DOSPRN Changelog

What's new in DOSPRN 2.00

Jan 7, 2024
  • Added "Print Preview" option
  • Added "Print To PDF" option
  • Added support serial ports COM1..COM3
  • Added Save and Load settings service options
  • Added the ability to create a "QR code" from the text embedded in the report
  • Added language interface in Traditional Chinese
  • Added partial emulation of ETEN Chinese sequences
  • Major interface changes
  • Small bugs fixes

New in DOSPRN 1.91 (Dec 4, 2022)

  • Added support extended parallel ports LPT4..LPT8
  • Fixed silent mode for full screen DOS applications
  • Fixed "dialog" command line option
  • Small bugs fixes

New in DOSPRN 1.90 (Jul 27, 2022)

  • Bug fix for old computers with hardware LPTx
  • Old versions of DOSBOX and vDos are supported
  • Windows 95 and Windows 98 compatibility fixed

New in DOSPRN 1.89 (Jun 9, 2022)

  • added capture LPTx feature under Windows 64bit
  • added capture reports from the native Windows applications option
  • added tight integration with DOSBOX-X, DOSBOX, vDos, vDosPlus
  • added NTVDMx64 support
  • small bugs fixes

New in DOSPRN 1.88 (Nov 22, 2021)

  • added Rectangular Area Fill Graphics PCL sequences support
  • small bugs fixes

New in DOSPRN 1.87 (Sep 20, 2021)

  • Added the ability to create and include QR-code into DOS reports from the text file
  • Added the ability to specify the title of the print job at runtime, this is useful for printing accounting systems + added the ability to specify the name of an output file at runtime, this is useful for silent printing into PDF (for example, with "Microsoft Print to PDF" printer)
  • New command line option "output"
  • Now it is possible to scale embedded graphics files
  • Small bugs fixes

New in DOSPRN 1.86 (Mar 26, 2021)

  • Added enable/disable escape sequences emulation option
  • Added the ability to run multiple DOSPRN copies with different profiles
  • Added news checker
  • New command line options "spool", "profile", "capture", "autoprint", "title"
  • The ability to capture ultra-large DOS reports (up to 8MB by default)
  • Korean/Chinese/Japanese printer names are supported
  • Windows9x compatibility restored
  • Small bugs fixes

New in DOSPRN 1.85 (Nov 10, 2016)

  • Added CMYK color mixing for EPSON ESC/P graphics emualtion
  • Slight printing acceleration
  • Small bugs fixes

New in DOSPRN 1.84 (Apr 5, 2016)

  • added support of 932 (Japan), 949 (Korean), 936 (Simplified Chinese) and 950 (Traditional Chinese) codepages
  • new command line options are supported
  • minor interface changes
  • small bugs fixes

New in DOSPRN 1.83 (Jan 11, 2016)

  • supports including graphics files into DOS reports
  • added ability to change captured LPT at runtime
  • bug fixes in the resident capture driver

New in DOSPRN 1.82 (Aug 24, 2015)

  • Added support of many command line options for starting DOSPRN
  • Minor bug fixes

New in DOSPRN 1.81 (Jul 24, 2015)

  • added ability to enable/disable 'Capture port' feature in Windows7 (32bit) and Windows8 (32bit)
  • added emulation of "IBM Proprinter" specification
  • added support of 864 (Arabic) codepage
  • minor bug fixes

New in DOSPRN 1.80 (Jul 24, 2015)

  • Windows7 (32bit) and Windows8 (32bit) are supported in default configuration
  • added support of "Epson ESC/P" and "Epson 9pin ESC/P" specifications separately
  • added "CR as CR/LF" feature
  • spool file located in the %USERPROFILE% directory by default
  • printing accelerated
  • minor ESC/P graphics bug fixed

New in DOSPRN 1.79 (Aug 9, 2006)

  • added XP styles support
  • added language interface in Norwegian
  • added language interface in Finnish
  • added support of 865 codepage
  • saving default Bold/Italic/Underline settings bug fixed
  • minor PCL absolute positioning bug fixed
  • bug with "empty bitmap graphics" fixed