Move the printer closer to Mr X.

You asked for the best solution. There may be many other ways to get DOS to
talk to a USB printer, but they will depend on software supplied by the
printer manufacturer or a third party, or additional hardware, and they
invariably create problems.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/259939/EN-US/
Unable to Print from Command Prompt or MS-DOS Program with USB Printer

Are you sure that the printer supports a printer command language that is
compatible with the DOS application, or for which there is a DOS driver that
the application can use?
http://www.printfil.com/english.htm
Allows character based applications to print to Windows printers

Alternatively, you could hunt for a parallel port to USB adapter.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"glenn" wrote in message
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Hi Jeff. Mr X, who has his spanking new USB printer at his desk, plugged
into his computer, wants his new printer to print from the DOS application
he runs on his computer. He doesn't want to have to get up and walk to
someone else's office to get his printouts. Is there no way??

-glenn

"Jeff Richards" wrote in message
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Put the printer on another machine on the network, then capture the
network printer to LPT1 or LPT2.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"glenn" wrote in message
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Hi. What's best way to set up so a DOS application running on a Win98
machine (part of a Novell network), which has a USB printer attached,
can print to the USB printer?

We need to redirect LPT1 or LPT2 to the USB port.

thanks,
-glenn