Access is denied

[David Hogan]

Sorry for the duplicate post, but no bites so far.
Trying to set up long unused HP 6p on LPT1 (had been on print server long
ago). Appears to be communication errors. Control Panel shows it fine. No
interupt problems. Turned off bidirectional communications. No other
centronics cable to try, unfortunately.
Been so long, forgot DOS. What is sytax to send to LPT1:? dir|lpt1: doesn't
work, dir>lpt1: returns an error message "Access is denied". What is the
correct syntax?

 

[Randy]

I had a similar problem when I upgraded my motherboard,
processor, RAM, and OS. The control panel showed that
LPT1 was working properly, but I still couldn't install my
HP 842C printer. I went through the Windows XP
Troubleshooter and got the DOS syntax. I can't remember
it, but that's how I found it. Even so, I never had any
luck installing LPT1. The only way I got my printer to
work was by simply using the USB port instead. Everything
works perfectly now and all I had to do was plug it in.