>1. Enable File and printer sharing on PC under Network settings

Sorry. I've come over all blonde today."Network settings" accessed buy which applet? Networlk Connections from Control Panel? I can't see any "metwork Settings" title under which to work.

>2. Right-click on the printer in the printer list and share it
>3. Issue once from the Command prompt NET USE lpt1 \\Computername\PrinterShareName /PERSISTENT:YES
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>>I repro what John said on this:
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>>"I created two simple batch files. One tells the machine to print to the server's printer (you would change "\\server\Okidatam" to the location of your server's printer):
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>>@echo off
>>echo Disconnecting LPT1 from any other connections
>>net use lpt1 /delete
>>echo Rerouting printing to \\server\Okidatam
>>net use lpt1 \\server\Okidatam
>>pause
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>>And the other tells it to break that connection so it goes back to printing locally:
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>>@echo off
>>echo Disconnecting from the Server's printer
>>net use lpt1 /delete
>>pause"
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>>Please could you advise how rhis is germane to the described situation. Our user has a printer attached direct to his PC, AFAIK, and no network or shared devices
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>>As I say, I'm new to this Net Use and very rusty on DOS now.
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>>Cheers
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>>Terry
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>>>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?