>Hi there,
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>I am currently developing a touchscreen restaurant system. I need to run 2
>receipt (epson tmt 88) printers off the one pc. One is on lpt1: and the other
>is on a hp printer server attached to a mirco hub usings a win 98 network.
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>In order to switch between the 2, I have set the printer server as my default
>printer . If my software I use the "set printer to" commmand to send the print
>output to the server and "set print to lpt1:" for the local printer. However
>all the output goes to the default printer when I do this. I can though save the data to a text file and do a "run copy"command and this works .or I could get a second parrallel card for the PC . I just wondered if anyone had any ideas first
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Hi Brian,

You've to install printer driver for epson tmt 88 printer and use the name assigned to that printer in SET PRINTER TO NAME command. See also FAQ#7840.