Re: LPT1 Port Prints to Network Printer
anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 03/17/04
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Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 14:45:24 -0800
Thanks Bruce
that did it...for now...First just for kicks I went to
the command prompt (because all my printers were back when
I started up today) and ran the "net use" command. To my
surprise (yeah right) the LPT1 was on the network again so
that everything I print goes to my network printer. so i
went and did the "net use lpt1 /d" command. I then
restarted my computer and checked out my printers and they
are now fine and dandy. I thank you. With this
information, even if it reverts back again, I should be
able to dig myself out. The next step is to inform the
manufacturer of the DOS program that it keeps messing up
my printers. It seems to be that when I used this program
last, everything reverted back to be on the network. This
last bit is just for your knowledge if it helps on
situations in the future. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
>-----Original Message-----
>Most likely the Print Spooler service is stopped; perhaps
it failed during
>startup.
>
>Open a Command Prompt and key the command:
>
> net start spooler
>
>Do your printers now appear in the Printers folder (try
closing the Printers
>folder and opening it again)?
>
>If the Print Spooler is failing consistently, this is
most often caused by a
>problem with one or more printer drivers. See if the
info at
>http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/CleanPrinterDrivers.htm
helps.
>
>
>--
>Bruce Sanderson MVP
>
>It's perfectly useless to know the right answer to the
wrong question.
>
>
><anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>news:d9c301c40aa9$f8716bb0$a101280a@phx.gbl...
>>
>> Hey BIll. I thought that did it. Well it did for a day
or
>> so. I came in on monday and fired up the computer. Went
>> about my business, tried to print and got nothing. I
went
>> to Settings->Printers and there were no printers set up
at
>> all. I did nothing to the printers and they are gone.
When
>> I go to ADD PRINTER I get an error "printer operation
>> cannot continue due to lack of resources. The print
>> subsystem is unavailable." Ahhhh! What happened? any
ideas?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Brent
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >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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>> >>
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>> >>from which they originated.
>> >.
>> >
>
>
>.
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