How do you capture a printer(network) port in win2000 Pro ? 1

[rfeenie]

thanx in advance If in doubt get the Ball Pein Hammer out

 

[WoodLark]

A Net Use statement from the command line should work.

 

[WoodLark]

I just tried it and it does work:

net use lpt4: \\cr_ws06\hp4050

is the command I used. If you want the capture to be permanent, put /persistent:yes at the end.

I've used this with NT4 as well. If you are starting a DOS based program, use a batch file with net use lptn at the beginning and netuse lptn /delete at the end then call your program between the net use statements.

I did note that when I did a
copy file lpt4:
it did not work saying that lpt4: was an unknown device, but it did work when I said:
copy file lpt4 (no colon)

Hope this helps!

 

[rfeenie]

thanx for that.

jobs a good un If in doubt get the Ball Pein Hammer out

 

[FredWagner]

I found that I could very cleanly capture DOS applications to Network printers if I use the Novell client for Windows 2000. I couldn't do it without it.

Fred Wagner
frwagne@ci.long-beach.ca.us