Re: XP won't print, WIN9X will
From: Bruce Sanderson (bsanders_at_junk.junk)
Date: 09/05/04
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Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2004 17:18:47 -0700
You can name (rename) a Local Printer, but you can not rename a Network
Printer.
If the printer is associated with a Standard TCP/IP port on the local
computer, it is a Local Printer.
In Printers and Faxes, Network Printers always have a name like "printer on
server".
If you have a Local Printer with the name that the program expects, but it
doesn't work, I suggest contacting the vendor of the program for help.
-- Bruce Sanderson MVP It is perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong question. "boders67" <nospam@newpeopleonline.co.uk> wrote in message news:%23XPmTzskEHA.3356@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl... > Thanks for replying. > > Printing, generally, is not the problem as I can get the windows XP PC to > print to the printer, just not through our bespoke program which is > looking for a printer called "AIA PRINTER". On windows 9x we set up the > printer exactly the same as we do on the windows XP but it works. What is > the difference between XP and Windows 9x when it comes to naming printers > or renaming them? > > Thanks again > > "Thomas Ferguson" <tomf@mvps.org> wrote in message > news:OeQIH0ejEHA.704@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl... >> See if this has any application to your situation: >> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=282842 >> >> Tom >> MSMVP-DTS >> "boders67" <nospam@newpeopleonline.co.uk> wrote in message >> news:OP5$KVejEHA.1464@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl... >> : We have an old bespoke program which I believe was written in C++. >> This >> : program prints out sales receipts to a Panasonic Dot Matrix Printer. >> The >> : printer is connected to the network via a Jet Direct 170X which has a >> fixed >> : IP address. >> : >> : The Sales Dept are the only people who use this program and currently >> most >> : of the PC's are running Windows 98. >> : >> : We had to recently upgrade one PC and it came with XP Pro. This PC >> cannot >> : print via this bespoke program. We can print however to this printer >> from >> : any other program on this Windows XP PC. >> : >> : When installing this printer on a Windows 98 PC we install a local >> TCP/IP >> : port. We then load a generic driver and rename it "AIA Raw Printer". >> Any >> : other name will not work. We can then print. When following the >> exact >> : procedure on the Windows XP Pro PC it doesn't work. >> : >> : We have tried many things, even trying to run the program in Windows >> 98 >> : compatibility mode but to no avail. It seems that even though we have >> : renamed the printer to the correct name, windows and the program do >> not see >> : it the same way. >> : >> : We could downgrade the operating system to Win 98 but it would be >> great if >> : we can get windows XP to work. >> : >> : Anybody got an idea on how to solve this one. >> : >> : Thanks >> : >> : >> >> > >
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