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Arbitrary DOS printing behaviour across networks
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26/02/2004 13:06:25
 
 
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Visual FoxPro
Category:
Troubleshooting
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00879251
Message ID:
00881171
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Harry,

>>You can run a command like the following from a command prompt (or login script, .CMD file, whatever) to redirect DOS LPT port(s) to network print queues:
NET USE LPT1 \\ServerName\QueueName /persistent:y
>
>isn't that just for Novell? If not, its the one thing I haven't tried...

The old 2.6 Docs probably indicate that this style of printer reference is for Novell, but it works for Windows printers also. QueueName is the shared name of the Windows printer.
David Stevenson, MCSD, 2-time VFP MVP / St. Petersburg, FL USA / david@topstrategies.com
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