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by mrs_doctor_jones

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I print from a DOS program that gives the user a choice of printers to print to. In the batch file that tells it what printer to go to que_1 goes to lpt1, que_2 to lpt2, and so on.

The problem I am having is that on a new machine I set up, no matter which "que" you choose from the program, the system dumps everything to whatever lpt que_1 is set for.

The same batch file works fine on all other computers. The program set up is exactly the same. I've double checked the printer captures in windows.

I realize this is a stretch but I'm at the end of my rope.

Any suggestions?

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by curacao_dejavu

Is the OS different ?
It doesn't happen to be xp right ?
I would suggest , 1 to put a pause after each capture so you can see if it did capture the queue, and do a netstat after all the cpatures, before the programs starts, so you can see what the status is ?

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by mrs_doctor_jones

1. os is the same
2. added a pause in the program that directs the printing. everything is being directed to lpt1
3. what is a "netstat" and what is the correct syntax for using it?

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