[ale] [EXTRA-SUPER OT] DOS and Network Printers

Hogg, Russell E ctcrreho at opm.gov
Tue Sep 30 12:55:41 EDT 2003



Thanks, I did find several articles describing basically that.  Though they
were for XP and 2000.  This is my dad who I'm trying to help over the phone.
He has some ancient application form the state that he has to run for some
civil work he's doing.

This list is always good for those kinds of questions.  Thanks for the quick
response.

Russ



-----Original Message-----
From: Alan Bowman [mailto:aminus at mindspring.com] 
 
>Ok,
>So anyone out there ever deal with a DOS (yes DOS) application that
couldn't
>see Network printers on a win 9x machine?
>
>No matter what's specified it spools right out on LPT1.  There must be some
>way to fool it.  Suggestions welcome.
>
>Russ

Maybe something like - net use lpt1 \\sharename\printername
That's if the printer is physically attached to a PC, though. If it's
really on the network, them maybe looking at help for net use will give
some kind of hint.  All the printers I've dealt with this way were
attached to Windows PC's or Novell servers.

...alan



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