Re: Can't rename a shared printer
From: David Efflandt (efflandt_at_xnet.com)
Date: 10/23/04
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Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 20:39:23 +0000 (UTC)
On Wed, 20 Oct 2004, sglasstetter <sglasstetter@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:
> I'm not sure if this is an XP question or has more to do with our Win 2000
> Server.
>
> We have some shoddy Quicken 2004 software on an XP Pro workstation that is
> trying to print to a shared printer on another workstation. Unfortunately,
> Quicken has a bug where it won't recognize a printer with the word "on" in
> the name. Win 2000 automatically assigns all network printers a name that
> includes "on" (for example, the printer I'm trying to send to is
> automatically called "Lexmark 321 on WS11").
>
> Is there any way to rename this printer on the XP WS? Is there some way to
> install it as a local printer by setting up a virtual port? If so, how is
> that done with XP?
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated....
I don't know if it is possible to set up a local port for a Win shared
printer, but if the printer is capable of being used on a print server,
you can set that up as a "local" (not network) TCP port. I had to do that
in some cases when HP or Linksys software could not find the print server
(especially if on a different subnet).
Quicken sounds brain dead if it cares about the printer name. I noticed a
Quicken 2004 related error in my event log (mrtRate service failed to
start, the system could not find the file specified), when I had never
used it. So I uninstalled Quicken.
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