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How can I print in WinXP from a DOS-based program?
I am currently running Windows XP SP1. There is an old DOS-based program
that I still use for certain accounting activities. The problem is that my printer on this machine (local) is now connected to an ETHERNET router. The DOS-based program is still trying to print to LPT1. Is there any way I can get a print-out with my setup? I need to somehow redirect the LPT1 output so it goes to my IP 192.168.0.11 (thats where the printer resides). Any help would be appreciated! |
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How can I print in WinXP from a DOS-based program?
Cari,
Thanks for the suggestion but: Well, I now know that my computer name is: violin1.workgroup and the printer nameis: brother so, I tried the following: net use lpt1: \\violin1.workgroup\brother but I get an "System Error 66". I also tried using lpt2 with, and without the semicolon afterwards, but still getting this error. Any advice? "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote in message ... See Bruce Sanderson's article at http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/printfromdos.htm Cari www.coribright.com "M. B." wrote in message ... I am currently running Windows XP SP1. There is an old DOS-based program that I still use for certain accounting activities. The problem is that my printer on this machine (local) is now connected to an ETHERNET router. The DOS-based program is still trying to print to LPT1. Is there any way I can get a print-out with my setup? I need to somehow redirect the LPT1 output so it goes to my IP 192.168.0.11 (thats where the printer resides). Any help would be appreciated! |
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How can I print in WinXP from a DOS-based program?
See if this helps
http://www.mcse.ms/archive43-2004-2-347233.html Cari www.coribright.com "M. B." wrote in message ... Cari, Thanks for the suggestion but: Well, I now know that my computer name is: violin1.workgroup and the printer nameis: brother so, I tried the following: net use lpt1: \\violin1.workgroup\brother but I get an "System Error 66". I also tried using lpt2 with, and without the semicolon afterwards, but still getting this error. Any advice? "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote in message ... See Bruce Sanderson's article at http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/printfromdos.htm Cari www.coribright.com "M. B." wrote in message ... I am currently running Windows XP SP1. There is an old DOS-based program that I still use for certain accounting activities. The problem is that my printer on this machine (local) is now connected to an ETHERNET router. The DOS-based program is still trying to print to LPT1. Is there any way I can get a print-out with my setup? I need to somehow redirect the LPT1 output so it goes to my IP 192.168.0.11 (thats where the printer resides). Any help would be appreciated! |
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How can I print in WinXP from a DOS-based program?
See Bruce Sanderson's article at
http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/printfromdos.htm Cari www.coribright.com "M. B." wrote in message ... I am currently running Windows XP SP1. There is an old DOS-based program that I still use for certain accounting activities. The problem is that my printer on this machine (local) is now connected to an ETHERNET router. The DOS-based program is still trying to print to LPT1. Is there any way I can get a print-out with my setup? I need to somehow redirect the LPT1 output so it goes to my IP 192.168.0.11 (thats where the printer resides). Any help would be appreciated! |
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How can I print in WinXP from a DOS-based program?
Cari,
Thanks for the suggestion but: Well, I now know that my computer name is: violin1.workgroup and the printer nameis: brother so, I tried the following: net use lpt1: \\violin1.workgroup\brother but I get an "System Error 66". I also tried using lpt2 with, and without the semicolon afterwards, but still getting this error. Any advice? "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote in message ... See Bruce Sanderson's article at http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/printfromdos.htm Cari www.coribright.com "M. B." wrote in message ... I am currently running Windows XP SP1. There is an old DOS-based program that I still use for certain accounting activities. The problem is that my printer on this machine (local) is now connected to an ETHERNET router. The DOS-based program is still trying to print to LPT1. Is there any way I can get a print-out with my setup? I need to somehow redirect the LPT1 output so it goes to my IP 192.168.0.11 (thats where the printer resides). Any help would be appreciated! |
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How can I print in WinXP from a DOS-based program?
See if this helps
http://www.mcse.ms/archive43-2004-2-347233.html Cari www.coribright.com "M. B." wrote in message ... Cari, Thanks for the suggestion but: Well, I now know that my computer name is: violin1.workgroup and the printer nameis: brother so, I tried the following: net use lpt1: \\violin1.workgroup\brother but I get an "System Error 66". I also tried using lpt2 with, and without the semicolon afterwards, but still getting this error. Any advice? "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote in message ... See Bruce Sanderson's article at http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/printfromdos.htm Cari www.coribright.com "M. B." wrote in message ... I am currently running Windows XP SP1. There is an old DOS-based program that I still use for certain accounting activities. The problem is that my printer on this machine (local) is now connected to an ETHERNET router. The DOS-based program is still trying to print to LPT1. Is there any way I can get a print-out with my setup? I need to somehow redirect the LPT1 output so it goes to my IP 192.168.0.11 (thats where the printer resides). Any help would be appreciated! |
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How can I print in WinXP from a DOS-based program?
See Bruce Sanderson's article at
http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/printfromdos.htm Cari www.coribright.com "M. B." wrote in message ... I am currently running Windows XP SP1. There is an old DOS-based program that I still use for certain accounting activities. The problem is that my printer on this machine (local) is now connected to an ETHERNET router. The DOS-based program is still trying to print to LPT1. Is there any way I can get a print-out with my setup? I need to somehow redirect the LPT1 output so it goes to my IP 192.168.0.11 (thats where the printer resides). Any help would be appreciated! |
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How can I print in WinXP from a DOS-based program?
Cari,
Thanks for the suggestion but: Well, I now know that my computer name is: violin1.workgroup and the printer nameis: brother so, I tried the following: net use lpt1: \\violin1.workgroup\brother but I get an "System Error 66". I also tried using lpt2 with, and without the semicolon afterwards, but still getting this error. Any advice? "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote in message ... See Bruce Sanderson's article at http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/printfromdos.htm Cari www.coribright.com "M. B." wrote in message ... I am currently running Windows XP SP1. There is an old DOS-based program that I still use for certain accounting activities. The problem is that my printer on this machine (local) is now connected to an ETHERNET router. The DOS-based program is still trying to print to LPT1. Is there any way I can get a print-out with my setup? I need to somehow redirect the LPT1 output so it goes to my IP 192.168.0.11 (thats where the printer resides). Any help would be appreciated! |
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How can I print in WinXP from a DOS-based program?
See if this helps
http://www.mcse.ms/archive43-2004-2-347233.html Cari www.coribright.com "M. B." wrote in message ... Cari, Thanks for the suggestion but: Well, I now know that my computer name is: violin1.workgroup and the printer nameis: brother so, I tried the following: net use lpt1: \\violin1.workgroup\brother but I get an "System Error 66". I also tried using lpt2 with, and without the semicolon afterwards, but still getting this error. Any advice? "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote in message ... See Bruce Sanderson's article at http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/printfromdos.htm Cari www.coribright.com "M. B." wrote in message ... I am currently running Windows XP SP1. There is an old DOS-based program that I still use for certain accounting activities. The problem is that my printer on this machine (local) is now connected to an ETHERNET router. The DOS-based program is still trying to print to LPT1. Is there any way I can get a print-out with my setup? I need to somehow redirect the LPT1 output so it goes to my IP 192.168.0.11 (thats where the printer resides). Any help would be appreciated! |
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How can I print in WinXP from a DOS-based program?
See if item 2.a at http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/printfromdos.htm works.
If not, I suspect you have either the computer name or the printer share name not correct. To find the computer name: 1. click Start 2. right click on My Computer and select Properties 3. the computer name is the text that follows "Full computer name:" but without the trailing "." that may show. The text shown for "Workgroup:" is NOT part of the computer name. To find the printer's Share Name: 4. click Start, Printers and Faxes 5. right click on the printer and select "Sharing..." 6. the text in "Share name:" is the printer's Share Name. Note that if this name has a space in it, you can not use it in a net use command. Make sure that the Share Name does not have any embedded spaces. -- Bruce Sanderson MVP Printing It is perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong question. "M. B." wrote in message ... Cari, Thanks for the suggestion but: Well, I now know that my computer name is: violin1.workgroup and the printer nameis: brother so, I tried the following: net use lpt1: \\violin1.workgroup\brother but I get an "System Error 66". I also tried using lpt2 with, and without the semicolon afterwards, but still getting this error. Any advice? "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote in message ... See Bruce Sanderson's article at http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/printfromdos.htm Cari www.coribright.com "M. B." wrote in message ... I am currently running Windows XP SP1. There is an old DOS-based program that I still use for certain accounting activities. The problem is that my printer on this machine (local) is now connected to an ETHERNET router. The DOS-based program is still trying to print to LPT1. Is there any way I can get a print-out with my setup? I need to somehow redirect the LPT1 output so it goes to my IP 192.168.0.11 (thats where the printer resides). Any help would be appreciated! |
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How can I print in WinXP from a DOS-based program?
See if item 2.a at http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/printfromdos.htm works.
If not, I suspect you have either the computer name or the printer share name not correct. To find the computer name: 1. click Start 2. right click on My Computer and select Properties 3. the computer name is the text that follows "Full computer name:" but without the trailing "." that may show. The text shown for "Workgroup:" is NOT part of the computer name. To find the printer's Share Name: 4. click Start, Printers and Faxes 5. right click on the printer and select "Sharing..." 6. the text in "Share name:" is the printer's Share Name. Note that if this name has a space in it, you can not use it in a net use command. Make sure that the Share Name does not have any embedded spaces. -- Bruce Sanderson MVP Printing It is perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong question. "M. B." wrote in message ... Cari, Thanks for the suggestion but: Well, I now know that my computer name is: violin1.workgroup and the printer nameis: brother so, I tried the following: net use lpt1: \\violin1.workgroup\brother but I get an "System Error 66". I also tried using lpt2 with, and without the semicolon afterwards, but still getting this error. Any advice? "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote in message ... See Bruce Sanderson's article at http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/printfromdos.htm Cari www.coribright.com "M. B." wrote in message ... I am currently running Windows XP SP1. There is an old DOS-based program that I still use for certain accounting activities. The problem is that my printer on this machine (local) is now connected to an ETHERNET router. The DOS-based program is still trying to print to LPT1. Is there any way I can get a print-out with my setup? I need to somehow redirect the LPT1 output so it goes to my IP 192.168.0.11 (thats where the printer resides). Any help would be appreciated! |
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How can I print in WinXP from a DOS-based program?
See if item 2.a at http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/printfromdos.htm works.
If not, I suspect you have either the computer name or the printer share name not correct. To find the computer name: 1. click Start 2. right click on My Computer and select Properties 3. the computer name is the text that follows "Full computer name:" but without the trailing "." that may show. The text shown for "Workgroup:" is NOT part of the computer name. To find the printer's Share Name: 4. click Start, Printers and Faxes 5. right click on the printer and select "Sharing..." 6. the text in "Share name:" is the printer's Share Name. Note that if this name has a space in it, you can not use it in a net use command. Make sure that the Share Name does not have any embedded spaces. -- Bruce Sanderson MVP Printing It is perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong question. "M. B." wrote in message ... Cari, Thanks for the suggestion but: Well, I now know that my computer name is: violin1.workgroup and the printer nameis: brother so, I tried the following: net use lpt1: \\violin1.workgroup\brother but I get an "System Error 66". I also tried using lpt2 with, and without the semicolon afterwards, but still getting this error. Any advice? "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote in message ... See Bruce Sanderson's article at http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/printfromdos.htm Cari www.coribright.com "M. B." wrote in message ... I am currently running Windows XP SP1. There is an old DOS-based program that I still use for certain accounting activities. The problem is that my printer on this machine (local) is now connected to an ETHERNET router. The DOS-based program is still trying to print to LPT1. Is there any way I can get a print-out with my setup? I need to somehow redirect the LPT1 output so it goes to my IP 192.168.0.11 (thats where the printer resides). Any help would be appreciated! |
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How can I print in WinXP from a DOS-based program?
See if item 2.a at http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/printfromdos.htm works.
If not, I suspect you have either the computer name or the printer share name not correct. To find the computer name: 1. click Start 2. right click on My Computer and select Properties 3. the computer name is the text that follows "Full computer name:" but without the trailing "." that may show. The text shown for "Workgroup:" is NOT part of the computer name. To find the printer's Share Name: 4. click Start, Printers and Faxes 5. right click on the printer and select "Sharing..." 6. the text in "Share name:" is the printer's Share Name. Note that if this name has a space in it, you can not use it in a net use command. Make sure that the Share Name does not have any embedded spaces. -- Bruce Sanderson MVP Printing It is perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong question. "M. B." wrote in message ... Cari, Thanks for the suggestion but: Well, I now know that my computer name is: violin1.workgroup and the printer nameis: brother so, I tried the following: net use lpt1: \\violin1.workgroup\brother but I get an "System Error 66". I also tried using lpt2 with, and without the semicolon afterwards, but still getting this error. Any advice? "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote in message ... See Bruce Sanderson's article at http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/printfromdos.htm Cari www.coribright.com "M. B." wrote in message ... I am currently running Windows XP SP1. There is an old DOS-based program that I still use for certain accounting activities. The problem is that my printer on this machine (local) is now connected to an ETHERNET router. The DOS-based program is still trying to print to LPT1. Is there any way I can get a print-out with my setup? I need to somehow redirect the LPT1 output so it goes to my IP 192.168.0.11 (thats where the printer resides). Any help would be appreciated! |
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How can I print in WinXP from a DOS-based program?
See if item 2.a at http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/printfromdos.htm works.
If not, I suspect you have either the computer name or the printer share name not correct. To find the computer name: 1. click Start 2. right click on My Computer and select Properties 3. the computer name is the text that follows "Full computer name:" but without the trailing "." that may show. The text shown for "Workgroup:" is NOT part of the computer name. To find the printer's Share Name: 4. click Start, Printers and Faxes 5. right click on the printer and select "Sharing..." 6. the text in "Share name:" is the printer's Share Name. Note that if this name has a space in it, you can not use it in a net use command. Make sure that the Share Name does not have any embedded spaces. -- Bruce Sanderson MVP Printing It is perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong question. "M. B." wrote in message ... Cari, Thanks for the suggestion but: Well, I now know that my computer name is: violin1.workgroup and the printer nameis: brother so, I tried the following: net use lpt1: \\violin1.workgroup\brother but I get an "System Error 66". I also tried using lpt2 with, and without the semicolon afterwards, but still getting this error. Any advice? "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote in message ... See Bruce Sanderson's article at http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/printfromdos.htm Cari www.coribright.com "M. B." wrote in message ... I am currently running Windows XP SP1. There is an old DOS-based program that I still use for certain accounting activities. The problem is that my printer on this machine (local) is now connected to an ETHERNET router. The DOS-based program is still trying to print to LPT1. Is there any way I can get a print-out with my setup? I need to somehow redirect the LPT1 output so it goes to my IP 192.168.0.11 (thats where the printer resides). Any help would be appreciated! |
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How can I print in WinXP from a DOS-based program?
See if item 2.a at http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/printfromdos.htm works.
If not, I suspect you have either the computer name or the printer share name not correct. To find the computer name: 1. click Start 2. right click on My Computer and select Properties 3. the computer name is the text that follows "Full computer name:" but without the trailing "." that may show. The text shown for "Workgroup:" is NOT part of the computer name. To find the printer's Share Name: 4. click Start, Printers and Faxes 5. right click on the printer and select "Sharing..." 6. the text in "Share name:" is the printer's Share Name. Note that if this name has a space in it, you can not use it in a net use command. Make sure that the Share Name does not have any embedded spaces. -- Bruce Sanderson MVP Printing It is perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong question. "M. B." wrote in message ... Cari, Thanks for the suggestion but: Well, I now know that my computer name is: violin1.workgroup and the printer nameis: brother so, I tried the following: net use lpt1: \\violin1.workgroup\brother but I get an "System Error 66". I also tried using lpt2 with, and without the semicolon afterwards, but still getting this error. Any advice? "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote in message ... See Bruce Sanderson's article at http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/printfromdos.htm Cari www.coribright.com "M. B." wrote in message ... I am currently running Windows XP SP1. There is an old DOS-based program that I still use for certain accounting activities. The problem is that my printer on this machine (local) is now connected to an ETHERNET router. The DOS-based program is still trying to print to LPT1. Is there any way I can get a print-out with my setup? I need to somehow redirect the LPT1 output so it goes to my IP 192.168.0.11 (thats where the printer resides). Any help would be appreciated! |
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