Easiest way to print from XP/DOS.

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jim-on-linux wrote:
> Thanks,
> The client is in a one printer office.  If the
> output file is opened with note and then sent to
> the printer everything is fine but it defeats the
> purpose of the utility.  Also tried  > lpt1  but
> the same results.

This may not help, but it worked once for me
although I don't remember the exact circumstances.

If the printer is connected to the pc, give it a sharename,
such as \\mypc\hpprinter. Then do a redirect of an lpt
port to that sharename: net use LPT2: \\mypc\hpprinter.

This indirect routing through the network driver back to
the local hardware port seems silly, but it did fix a
program that couldn't directly access the hardware.

>
> I'm trying to find out if this was some  change in
> xp from previous versions, or is there something
> abnormal going on.  I'm trying to avoid setting
> up an xp machine for one client.
>
>
> jim-on-linux
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> On Saturday 30 December 2006 03:05, Tim Roberts
> wrote:
> > jim-on-linux <inq1ltd at verizon.net> wrote:
> > >Did you run from a file or type in from
> > > keyboard?
> > >
> > >When the client runs the utility program  the
> > >output file is built but nothing prints and no
> > >messages appear. When I typed from keyboard on
> > > an xp pro at c:\, I got the message.
> > >
> > >Is it possible that  virus detector or some
> > >self.defense software is interacting?
> >
> > It is quite possible that they simply do not
> > have a printer hooked up to their computer's
> > parallel port.  If all of your printers are
> > from network shares, then the special file
> > "prn" will not go anywhere.
> >
> > Typing to "prn" is a dreadful way to do
> > printing on Windows. --
> > Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
> > Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.