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How can I print to a remote client from a DOS application running on Windows 2000 Terminal Server ?

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tcole@collinsdata.com

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by rabbit_runner

First you MUST have an IP address which will point to the printer, or the computer that the printer is attached. If there is not any IP address, you will probably be out of luck.

Assuming you have an IP address and can assign it to the computer,
1. Make certain that you can ping the IP address of the remote system from the Win 2K terminal server. This also is a MUST.
2. Share the printer on the remote computer, give is a simple share name.
3. Create a printer on the Win 2K TServer and map the port to that share. ( OR )
4. Do a DOS capture of the printer share. Map it to an LPT port (NET USE LPT2: \\ )
5 Then assign the LPT port in your DOS application to that LPT port.

Test it and it should work. Let me know if you have any questions.

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