Re: NEW Issue..........Changing LPT port to use USB in MS-DOS application?

I see you have discovered and resolved the cause. Good work.

ByTor wrote:

In article <ePkD0aNWGHA.128@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, birelan@xxxxxxxxx, Bob I says...


1.First share the printer
2.Then use NET USE LPT1 \\computername\printersharename
3. Run the print job pointed at LPT1



Appears it's not working perfectly........The above worked perfectly when it was in my home......Maybe ya have a suggestion?

I brought the machine & printer back to the individuals office(did not hook it up when I was there).....Got a call today that he hooked it all up & couldn't get the printer to work........He is not on any network, standalone machine.

I did a test print through windows and of course it worked fine......Went to print with his software, no go..........It worked fine connected here in my home.

What I'm assuming is that the only thing that is different is I'm actually connected to a 8 machine network in my my home....Complete with router & 8 port workstation..........The fact that that printer has to be shared is it not working becuase it's "off" the network now? It has to be "shared" for that function to work, so technically it's not "really" shared anymore?.........Would assigning an IP & subnet mask manually make it assume it's a network machine and find the printer resource it's seeking?

I'm about ready to just buy him a freakin PCI parallel card and be done with it.........

Thanks for any help.........

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