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by lsohay 1 view

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Can anyone help me with my problem?
I have a small, semi complex network (NOVELL 5 –IPX/SPX and WINDOWS peer to peer IP) servers and a T1 Frame Relay (STATIC IP)
I just received two DELL Laptops with WINDOWS XP operating system. My clientswho are going to use the computers are, still using some old DOS programs. Those DOS programs can print only to LPT1 printer port – (No print to file option is available). In the current setup they are printing to a shared printer (peer to peer network). What I must do in (Windows-98) is: go to Network Neighborhood, select the printer sharing computer, right-click on the printer, click on “Capture Printer Port” and select the port (LPT1 or LPT2 …) WINDOWS XP doesn’t have this option. Please help. Thanx!

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by xpertdragon

Try pointing your local LPT ports to your network print shares, such as:

net use lpt1: \\network_print_share
net use lpt2: \\Hplaserjet_accounting (amd so on)

These options should still work from an Win Xp command prompt. Are the printers inthe Windows Peer network, or the Novell 5 IPX/SPX area?

Paul

by vinnyd

The correct command is:

net use lpt1 \\computername\printsharename

You do not put the : character after the lpt port.

Notice to that you have to use the computer name!
The computer name can be the novell file server name.

The printer share name is the novell print queue name.

by lsohay

Thanks four your help. It is the correct answer for my question. It solved my my XP printing problem for DOS programs.

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