Scheduled Print Task 1

[dburnham]

I need to schedule a task that will print a test doc once a week. My original thought was to put a batch file in the scheduled tasks using the old DOS Print command. However, I have one printer running on USB and another on an IP address. The Print command will not open the ports to send the doc to the printer.

Is there another way to do this?

The machine is running w2k.

Any and all help is appreciated.

 

[Xaqte]

I've had the same problem, and this was my fix:
1.Enable printer sharing on the usb printer.
2.Run:
net use lpt2 \\computername\sharename /persistent:yes
3.Make a new batchfile named Printr.bat, with the code-
@echo off
copy %1 lpt2

4.Test it by typing printr.bat "filename"
FYI-you may need to change lpt2 in steps 2 & 3 to another configuration.

Good luck! Let us know your results!

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