COPY /B a.dat LPT1: or USB - How?

[Aloke Prasad]

I have a USB printer on USB001 port. I would like to dump a file (printed
to FILE on a different computer) to this printer.

How do I redirect LPT1: so that the COPY /B command can pipe the file to the
USB port?

Similarly, how do I redirect LPT1: to a network printer (Netware NDS).

Thanks.

 

[Rob Schneider]

Re re-directing LPT1: ... use the "NET" command. Go to a command prompt
box. Issue "net help use" to get details on command.

Re USB, don't know. I don't have a USB printer to look. Suggest you
look in the printer defintion for this printer, and see what the port
name is and then try that. See Control Panel, Printer and Faxes,
right mouse click on printer, Properties, tab: ports.

Hope this is useful to you. Let us know.

rms

 

[Aloke Prasad]

The USB printer is listed as attached to USB001 (no colon) port.

COPY /B to USB001: results in an error (no such device). COPY /B to USB001
seems to complete in the DOS box, but no output is produced on the printer
(no blinking lights on it either, indicating that the data never got to the
printer).

 

[Rob Schneider]

Don't know ... maybe someone can help. Maybe this due to XP "protecting"
the hardware ... I have no way to experiment, but am curious about this...

Hope this is useful to you. Let us know.

rms