>Ed,
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>Are you trying to tell me that APRINTERS() will return the printer name and its corresponding port only if it is connected to your pc? If it's not (like a network printer), it'll just return the printer name and the network path and not the port is is assigned to? Is there any other way to get not the local or network path but the port assigned to each printer?

No. APRINTERS() will return the printers that are installed on your machine. If you have a network printer the "port" is the path to the Network queue. It will not be assigned to a parellel port.

Ed