Exact Windows Printer Syntax?

[GCC Consulting]

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> Subject: Exact Windows Printer Syntax?
> 
> What is the -exact- method for defining a Windows native 
> filePro printer?
> 
> A friend of mine has been advised to use the following:
> 
> net use LPT1: \\servername\sharename /persistent:yes
> 
> Apparently the result is that the network resource is not 
> correct.  Their verbiage, not mine.
> 
> Their setup is a bit odd, but I'd think it would work:
> 
> "I have a parallel printer, hooked up to a targus port uit 
> which hooks up USB and has par / serial etc on the hardware."
> 
> Need any NET command syntax to use, as well as the actual 
> literal definition (or appropriate substitutable syntax with 
> definition of what's being substituted [ie., share name vs 
> printer "called name"]) for the filePro definition, please.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> mark->
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Mark,

Filepro, in the destination field of printer maintenance would use 
	1. win:\\servername\sharename
		Or	
	2. win:printer name
		or
	3. win:ipaddress (if available)

Now for the more difficult question.

Are they able to print to this printer from windows?

What type of printer is this - ie. Brain dead windows printer or a PCL
printer?

You know the drill :)

If this is a parell printer, why are they using this Rube Goldberg method of
connecting it to their system.  Unless, of course, non of their computers
has a parallel printer port.

There are some fairly inexpensive parallel print servers available that work
nicely.

Richard Kreiss
GCC Consulting