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PRINT02.SYS

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This is the Printer device driver for family 2 machines (MCA) for OS/2.

Note
This is one of the critical drivers for the OS/2 Kernel.

Versions

Date Version Size Comments
2002-05-21 16:11 10.70 12,134 bytes IBM Printer Micro Channel Device Driver-SMP

DLLs Loaded

CONFIG.SYS

Provides support for your parallel ports LPT1, LPT2 and LPT3 on PCs with Micro Channel buses.

BASEDEV=PRINT02.SYS parameter

Parameter:

  • /IRQ

This parameter change the transmission method from polling to interrupt. The interrupt method is faster but won't work on every system.

note: This driver supports also the DMA method, which is used by default when your PC supports it.

Platform Support:
OS/2 2.x OS/2 3.0 OS/2 4.0 OS/2 4.5x
Yes Yes Yes Yes

Source Code

The source code of this file is included on the IBM Developer Connection Device Driver Kit for OS/2. It can not be open sourced, but the source code is available from IBM DDK and a free/paid binaries can be released.