Printing from MS-DOS to a USB Printer

Hi,

I have connected an old printer to my Windows XP computer using a parallel to USB cable. I used the net use command to link the USB port with LPT1. I have been trying to print a report from an MS-DOS program and the printer prints only one line per page. So, a report that used to be of two pages would be of 146 pages now. Any suggestions?

Thanks