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Installing a network printer question
If a printer is installed on a server, what is the difference between
installing on local PCs it by putting this at the command prompt: \\servername\printersharename or going through the add printer wizard and selecting the network printer by the same name? Or is there no difference as far as drivers, etc go? Neither asks for a location of printer drivers. Mich |
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Installing a network printer question
No difference.
-- Cari (MS-MVP) Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging http://www.coribright.com/windows "M Skabialka" wrote in message ... If a printer is installed on a server, what is the difference between installing on local PCs it by putting this at the command prompt: \\servername\printersharename or going through the add printer wizard and selecting the network printer by the same name? Or is there no difference as far as drivers, etc go? Neither asks for a location of printer drivers. Mich |
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Installing a network printer question
Dear Cari (MS-MVP),
Given the resources you yourself possess, those of others in your group and my desperation, I beg that you address the problem I submitted in this forum today under the title "Access Denied." |
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Well I have no knowledge of centronics and at this point in time, no printer
attached by LPT port, I'm either all USB or Ethernet depending on which printer I want/need to print to.. Have you worked your way through Bruce Sanderson's excellent article called Printing from DOS at: http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/printfromdos.htm Does "Everyone" have permissions for Windows\System32\Spool ? -- Cari (MS-MVP) Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging http://www.coribright.com/windows "Steve Behman" wrote in message ... Dear Cari (MS-MVP), Given the resources you yourself possess, those of others in your group and my desperation, I beg that you address the problem I submitted in this forum today under the title "Access Denied." |
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Cari,
First, let me thank you for pointing me at Bruce Sanderson's article. While it didn't address my specific problem, it set me off looking in the right direction! The problem and its solution are quite arcane so I won't go into them here. Vouchsafe to say the problem is solved! For your information: the Centronics connector was the standard connector on a printer which, in turn, connected to a parallel port (DB25 connector). These cables large and unwieldy. They quickly fell into disuse with the advent of the USB cable. Again thanks very much for the help. Sincerely, "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote: Well I have no knowledge of centronics and at this point in time, no printer attached by LPT port, I'm either all USB or Ethernet depending on which printer I want/need to print to.. Have you worked your way through Bruce Sanderson's excellent article called Printing from DOS at: http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/printfromdos.htm Does "Everyone" have permissions for Windows\System32\Spool ? -- Cari (MS-MVP) Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging http://www.coribright.com/windows "Steve Behman" wrote in message ... Dear Cari (MS-MVP), Given the resources you yourself possess, those of others in your group and my desperation, I beg that you address the problem I submitted in this forum today under the title "Access Denied." |
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Installing a network printer question
Excellent news! Happy Printing! I know my first printer was back in DOS
3.2 days and it may have used Centronics, I can remember it was a Panasonic dot matrix. KXP=1123 perhaps? I guess it came with one single floppy for installation.... and then later Windows 3.0, but my memory is fading. Actually no, the first printer attached to a Sinclair Spectrum and was thermal, using silvered paper, rather like a POS printer. Drivers were included in the Spectrum, because the Spectrum printer only worked with that particular device. I think it had a minijack or similar! I don't think I ever did have Centronics! The Panasonic had dip switches!!! But so did my first Canon. How did we ever manager to get PC to talk to Printer, let alone other PCs and other printers?!!!!! -- Cari (MS-MVP) Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging http://www.coribright.com/windows "Steve Behman" wrote in message ... Cari, First, let me thank you for pointing me at Bruce Sanderson's article. While it didn't address my specific problem, it set me off looking in the right direction! The problem and its solution are quite arcane so I won't go into them here. Vouchsafe to say the problem is solved! For your information: the Centronics connector was the standard connector on a printer which, in turn, connected to a parallel port (DB25 connector). These cables large and unwieldy. They quickly fell into disuse with the advent of the USB cable. Again thanks very much for the help. Sincerely, "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote: Well I have no knowledge of centronics and at this point in time, no printer attached by LPT port, I'm either all USB or Ethernet depending on which printer I want/need to print to.. Have you worked your way through Bruce Sanderson's excellent article called Printing from DOS at: http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/printfromdos.htm Does "Everyone" have permissions for Windows\System32\Spool ? -- Cari (MS-MVP) Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging http://www.coribright.com/windows "Steve Behman" wrote in message ... Dear Cari (MS-MVP), Given the resources you yourself possess, those of others in your group and my desperation, I beg that you address the problem I submitted in this forum today under the title "Access Denied." |
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Installing a network printer question
As it turned out there was a problem - neither method installed the PS
drivers properly. I had to add a local printer on LPT1, select the downloaded PS drivers, then go back and add a port using the IP Address. I guess I was asking the wrong question! Mich "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote in message ... No difference. -- Cari (MS-MVP) Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging http://www.coribright.com/windows "M Skabialka" wrote in message ... If a printer is installed on a server, what is the difference between installing on local PCs it by putting this at the command prompt: \\servername\printersharename or going through the add printer wizard and selecting the network printer by the same name? Or is there no difference as far as drivers, etc go? Neither asks for a location of printer drivers. Mich |
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Congratulations! You have independently re discovered an old but proven
"when all else fails" technique that has it roots in the old DOS & Win 3.1days! This (LPT1) also sometimes worked to resolve another problem between older text based programs and printer that only worked through the windows drivers! "M Skabialka" wrote in message ... As it turned out there was a problem - neither method installed the PS drivers properly. I had to add a local printer on LPT1, select the downloaded PS drivers, then go back and add a port using the IP Address. I guess I was asking the wrong question! Mich "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote in message ... No difference. -- Cari (MS-MVP) Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging http://www.coribright.com/windows "M Skabialka" wrote in message ... If a printer is installed on a server, what is the difference between installing on local PCs it by putting this at the command prompt: \\servername\printersharename or going through the add printer wizard and selecting the network printer by the same name? Or is there no difference as far as drivers, etc go? Neither asks for a location of printer drivers. Mich |
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