Sharing printers within DOS

[NJcow]

Any suggestions to setting up shared printer for DOS applications, seems it doesn't want to 'share' a printer. I dont have much info as its second-hand, so I wont be surprised if I get no response. Thanks in advance.

 

[harryrich]

I don't have a solution for you. One work-around echwould to be to output to a file, and then use the START command to run a Windows application to print the file.

Best,

Harry

 

[Guest_imported]

Dos prints to an lpt port
Try
net use \\machine name\printer share
at work I put this in the user's login script

 

[MetsFan]

At our office we have a batch file for each printer on the network.
ex:
net use lpt1: \\anthony\hp4050bs

When you want to switch to another printer, we have a batch file that we named clear.bat (to clear the previous net use statement) which is:
net use lpt1: /delete

Now we are ready to choose our next printer batch file to use. ex:
net use lpt1: \\anthony\hp5000bs

Just set up the batch files and you should be good to go!

Hope this helps. Eddie Martin
Network Support Technician
eddie@digitechcomputer.com