I am having trouble getting a HP deskjet printer to work for a visitor from our Australian branch. This visitor has a notebook computer which when logged on to the Australian network redirects prints to lpt1 to a network printer. I found the following batch file called P001.bat in the ‘Startup’ programs: –
@echo off
cls
echo .
echo .
net use lpt1 /d
net use lpt1 \\AU-A-S001\AU-A-P001
rem pause
Now I thought I just had to remove this batch file from the startup options so that it would not run, and then set-up a local printer connected to port lpt1 and everything would be okay. No such luck every time I go to print the prints get spooled, yet do not print – it is as if port lpt1 does not exist? If I sign on as a local admin everything works fine.
Can anyone point me in the right direction to solve this problem, I feel it may require altering the registry – also what exactly does the ‘net use lpt1 /d’ actually do?
I feel the lpt1 port has somehow gone AWOL (just for this user) but do not know where to look for the answer?
All suggestions gratefully appreciated.