1. Yes, it'll work on stand-alone PC.
2. You can run NET USE from the Command Prompt, batch file, etc. You can find batch file samples in the same thread.


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>>See Re: 2.5 DOS app not printing in Windows XP Thread #1010135 Message #1010145
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>Just a few questions:
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>"You've to share USB printer and than map the share to LPT1."
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>Like in John's case, I suspect the computer will be stand-alone with no network:
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>">The printer he's trying to use isn't on our network - it's connected directly to his notebook via a USB port. Would your answer still work? Mapping the computer to his LPT1 using the NET USE command for a printer that's directly connected to the notebook via USB?"
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>>>You've to use NET USE command to map LPT1 to the network printer queue. For Exapmle
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>>NET USE LPT1 \\PrintServer\PrintQueue
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>Please forgive my ignorance, I must have lead a sheltered life, but in what environment do you issue the above command? DOS prompt? within the prog?