>>> SET PRINTER TO NAME expects the Windows printer name, not the UNC path.
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>>Thanks, Tamar. I wonder if NAME also causes the printer spooler to be used, while SET PRINTER TO \\Server\Printer doesn't. Do you happen to know?
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>No, I don't know.
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>Tamar

If I'm not mistaken the "SET PRINTER TO device" format of the command dates back to DOS days, where device was usually one of the DOS devices (e.g. LPT1, LPT2, COM1, COM2, etc.) --- and as such, probably handles the printer in a manner that a DOS program would (expecting to directly communicating with printer.