RE: LPT1 Port Prints to Network Printer

anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 03/10/04 

Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 09:00:16 -0800

Thanks Bill. That did it. I can't say how much that
helped. Now I need help finding all the hair I ripped
out.We are a small company and I am the Troubleshooter
here and I have no experience, I am a graphic artist not
an IT Pro. Just curious, how would I add that back to
the "net use" if I wanted too? I am trying to figure out
how it got that way in the first place.
Thanks Again
Brent

>-----Original Message-----
>--------------------
>From: "Brent" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
>Subject: LPT1 Port Prints to Network Printer
>Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 07:55:53 -0800
>Newsgroups: microsoft.public.win2000.printing
>
>Any printer I connect Directly to my PC through the
>printer port prints to my network printer. I only have
one
>printer connected to my network. Even if I remove all my
>printers and only have my LPT printer set up it still
>prints to my network printer. I have always kept on top
of
>my windows updates and I think it happened from one of
the
>updates but I am not completely sure when it happened.
all
>I know is I can't connect a printer directly to my LPT 1
>port. I can however connect it to my USB port and it
works
>fine. Unfortunatly I need this printer for a Dos program
I
>am running and connot point the program to the printer
>untill I get it on my LPT1 port. Any Suggestions?
>--
>
>Brent,
>
>It sounds like your LPT1 port has been mapped to your
network printer. To find out if this is the case go to a
Command
>Prompt and run the command "net use" and look to see if
you see LPT1 listed. If it is listed then has been
mapped. To
>remove the mapping we need to run the command "net use
lpt1 /d" and once this is done print jobs sent to LPT1
should go
>to the local Parallel port.
>
>Bill Peele
>Microsoft Enterprise Support
>
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