Kelliann
December 6th 03, 09:41 PM
This, from Windows XP Help and Support on your computer,
may be the answer to the problem:
Search for: Printing from MS DOS
Answer below:
Choosing a printer name.
Windows XP supports the use of long printer names. This
allows you to create printer names that contain spaces
and special characters. However, if you share a printer
over a network, some clients will not recognize or
correctly handle the long names, and users may experience
problems printing. Also, some programs cannot print to
printers with names longer than 31 characters.
For shared printers, the entire qualified name (including
the server name, for example \\PRINTER2\PSCRIPT) must be
fewer than 31 characters.
If you share a printer with a variety of clients on a
network, use 31 or fewer characters for printer names,
and do not include spaces or special characters in these
names.
If you share a printer with MS-DOS computers, do not use
more than eight characters for the printer's share name.
You can lengthen the name by adding a period followed by
no more than three characters, but you cannot use spaces
in the name.
Several Windows version 3.x programs cannot print to a
printer if its name contains more than the specified
number of characters and will generate an Access
Violation or other message if printing is attempted.
Other programs may not print to any printer, even
printers with short names, if the default printer's name
is too long. To resolve these problems, rename the
printers used by these programs with shorter names and
make one of the renamed printers the default printer.
For information about adding or sharing a printer, click
Related Topics.
Related Topics
>-----Original Message-----
>I can print from Windows programs but cannot print from
>MS-DOS programs or the DOS prompt command line. No error
>message, just nothing at the printer. I have the same
>results with a HP LaserJet 4L or a Canon i850 on the
>parallel port. Any ideas? Thanks
>.
>
may be the answer to the problem:
Search for: Printing from MS DOS
Answer below:
Choosing a printer name.
Windows XP supports the use of long printer names. This
allows you to create printer names that contain spaces
and special characters. However, if you share a printer
over a network, some clients will not recognize or
correctly handle the long names, and users may experience
problems printing. Also, some programs cannot print to
printers with names longer than 31 characters.
For shared printers, the entire qualified name (including
the server name, for example \\PRINTER2\PSCRIPT) must be
fewer than 31 characters.
If you share a printer with a variety of clients on a
network, use 31 or fewer characters for printer names,
and do not include spaces or special characters in these
names.
If you share a printer with MS-DOS computers, do not use
more than eight characters for the printer's share name.
You can lengthen the name by adding a period followed by
no more than three characters, but you cannot use spaces
in the name.
Several Windows version 3.x programs cannot print to a
printer if its name contains more than the specified
number of characters and will generate an Access
Violation or other message if printing is attempted.
Other programs may not print to any printer, even
printers with short names, if the default printer's name
is too long. To resolve these problems, rename the
printers used by these programs with shorter names and
make one of the renamed printers the default printer.
For information about adding or sharing a printer, click
Related Topics.
Related Topics
>-----Original Message-----
>I can print from Windows programs but cannot print from
>MS-DOS programs or the DOS prompt command line. No error
>message, just nothing at the printer. I have the same
>results with a HP LaserJet 4L or a Canon i850 on the
>parallel port. Any ideas? Thanks
>.
>