Re: Can't Print to LPT Port using Net Use on DC
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Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 23:34:59 -0000
Extract from - How to troubleshoot network printing problems in Windows XP
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General troubleshooting steps
1.. Verify that basic network connectivity is working.
Check user rights, protocols, share names, and so on to make sure that you
can connect to the server. Copy files to a share on the print server by
using Windows Explorer. If you cannot gain access to the server, you may not
be able to gain access to the printer.
2.. Create a local printer, and then redirect the port to the network
server. Follow these steps:
1.. Create a local printer and, under Ports, add a new port.
2.. Click Local Port, click New Port, and then type the server and
printer name for the printer in \\ServerName\PrinterName syntax.
3.. Use the new port for the local printer.
If you are prompted for a password, there may not be a field in Windows XP
in which to enter a password. Reset the password on the destination computer
to be blank. Example: On a Windows 98 computer that is hosting a Xerox
printer, clear the password; set it to be blank. (Not the actual word
"blank")
This test shows whether there is a problem with copying files from the
server to your computer. This copying occurs if you use Connect To Setup or
if you click Network Printer in the Add Printer Wizard.
3.. If the printer is not a PostScript printer, see whether you can print
from an MS-DOS-based program. (Printing from an MS-DOS-based program does
not work on a PostScript printer unless a PostScript driver is selected in
the program.)
Check to see whether the net use command has been run to map the LPT port
to the network share. If it has, delete the mapping, and then map the port
again. Try again to print.
If printing works, there may be an issue with ghosted connections. You
might need to run a logon script command to remap the port each time you log
on.
If printing does not work, type dir > lptx at a command prompt, where x is
the number of the port that is being mapped, and then press ENTER.
If printing still does not work, double-check the networking connections.
"firenet" <firenet@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0670407C-881E-4D23-BA1F-BC2433F38E22@microsoft.com...
> Hello, ever since I joined my XP workstations to Win2K Active Directory I
> can
> no longer print to a DOS port by using the Net Use command.
> I am basically sharing my IP Printer to myself and I am using the Net Use
> command.
> Once I enter the Net Use command I get prompted for a user name and
> password. I allowed for everyone to use my local printer. I can print
> fine
> if I don't print to my share. Please help I need this fix as soon as
> possible. Also , I get a similar outcome if I share the IP printer off
> the
> Domain Controller, but it prompts me for username and password , but I am
> already authenticated - what is going on ? - Firenet
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