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Printing to a Network from DOS programs

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by sfath

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I am running several DOS based programs and when they try to print I get an error message that no printer was detected on LPT1. I am using a Laserjet 5 network printer. This works fine for all other programs. Is there some type of patch to run that will redirect the programs to look at the network printer???

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by syscokid

Are you using NT? Then you caan add aline to your logon script:

net use lpt1 \\computername\printername

by jmar17

What you may need to do is capture the printer. To do this go to: Start > Settings > Printers. Right click on the printer. Select Properties. Go to the Details tab. Click on Capture Printer Port. Select LPT1 and check the reconnect on logon box if you want to be able to print from DOS programs after rebooting. Then you should be able to print from your DOS programs.
Good luck!
Jeff

by emcs

I had this problem sometime ago. I had to right click on Network Neighborhood, and click on Novell Capture Printer Port. You then follow the instructions on the screen. I had to do this even though I had capture the port when I set up the printer.
Good luck.

dennie

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