Stan
Sun Apr 13 12:56:49 PDT 2008
Sun, 13 Apr 2008 14:33:14 -0400 from Rich/rerat <rrr_news@isp.com>:
> "Stan Brown" <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> wrote in message
> news:MPG.226bff211dc407d498b5d2@news.individual.net...
> Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:40:10 -0700 from Ken Blake, MVP
> <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain>:
> [to print from a DOS program]
> > Set up the printer as a shared printer
> > Issue the command
> > NET USE LPT1: \\computername\sharedprintername
> I tried this command:
> net use lpt1: "\\TALLEYRAND\Brother HL5250-DN duplex"
> and the response was
> System error 67 has occurred.
> The network name cannot be found.
>
> What am I doing wrong? I got the computer name from the
> %COMPUTERNAME% environment variable, and the printer name from the
> Printer Properties dialog. I don't imagine the names are case
> sensitive, but I matched the case exactly anyway.
>
> I tried this both with the printer not connected and with the printer
> connected.
> Try renaming the printer in the Printer folder to less than 13
> characters without a space.
> Brother HL5250-DN duplex gets changed to something like this:
> BroHL5250
> So the command becomes:
> NET USE LPT1: \\computername\BroHL5250
Is there any form of aliasing or nicknaming available? If I change
the name of my printer that's going to screw up several programs that
have different settings for different printers.
The "Printers and Faxes" dialog doesn't allow a copy/paste, and "Add
New Printer" has the "local printer" option grayed out for some
reason.
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Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com
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