Has anyone had success capturing LPT1 for printing to a network printer. MS web site had some command line method I have not been able to make work.
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2002-03-12 18:06Capturing LPT1 (2002)
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2002-03-12 18:16Re: Capturing LPT1 (2002)
All the time! The syntax is:
NET USE LPT1 servershared_printer_name
So, if the printer server was PRTSRV1 and the printer's name was HP1200, it would be:
NET USE LPT1 PRTSRV1HP1200-Mark
