Scenario:
In a office there are 3 clusters of grouped people. Cluster 1 has PCs running Win9x,ME. Cluster 2 has PCs running Win2000 Pro. Cluster 3 has computers running WinXP Pro. Each cluster has 4 PCs & 1 printer. The printer is connected to 1PC in each cluster and shared over the network.
problem cluster: 3.
Computer ALPHA has a printer connected directly and shared over the network, [configured to print from DOS based applications].
Computers BRAVO, CHARLIE, and DELTA are setupto print to Computer ALPHA’s printer as the default printer, and is also setup to print from DOS based programs.
When the users print (from word,etc) all print jobs are executed successfully
The users also use a DOS program. This application was designed to print to either a file or directly to the LPT1 port
Computer ALPHA can print from the DOS based application without problems as the printer is connected to port LPT1
Problem:
Computers BRAVO, CHARLIE, and DELTA cannot print from DOS.
What I have done:
I have created a batch which runs on startup on Computers BRAVO, CHARLIE, and DELTA when the user logs on.
BATCH FILE CONTENTS:
NET USE LPT1 \\ALPHA\LJ2100
Computers BRAVO, CHARLIE, and DELTA, has successfully mapped port LPT1 to the shared printer resource on computer ALPHA.
(The easyiest way to test DOS print, is for example to print the directory listing from the command prompt, i.e C:\>DIR > LPT1)
After executing this command, I get an error, Access denied.
Furthermore I’ve checked the securty permissions for the printer shared on computer ALPHA. Permissions for the DOMAIN USERS, DOMAIN COMPUTERS, DOMAIN ADMINS have all Full Access rights (Print, Manage printers & docs).
This works on Win9x,ME,2000 computers in the office, but only computers running WinXP have this problem.
What is the cause and how can it be resolved?
