How to map LPT1 to clients local printer in DOS

[SK Ho]

Just want to know is it possible to map the LPT1 within a
terminal session to client's local printer?
Say I have a DOS application running and want the output
of LPT1 redirect to my local printer.

 

[Bill Peele [MS]]

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From: "SK Ho" <[email protected]>
Subject: How to map LPT1 to clients local printer in DOS
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 00:24:00 -0800
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.win2000.termserv.apps

Just want to know is it possible to map the LPT1 within a
terminal session to client's local printer?
Say I have a DOS application running and want the output
of LPT1 redirect to my local printer.

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I don't know of a good way to do this. If the client is on the same LAN as the Terminal Server you could share the printer on
the client and then use "net use" to map LPT1 to the client's printer. Also, you could share the clients redirected printer in
the terminal session and then map LPT1 to this local share in the terminal session. The problem with this is the share will
disappear when the session is logged out of and it will not be recreated when the printer is automatically redirected the
next time the user logs into a terminal session.

Bill Peele
Microsoft Enterprise Support

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[Matthew Harris [MVP]]

Yeah, you can do this pretty easily...

Try this script. I made it a while ago but I haven't had
a chance to post it publically yet.

http://terminal.servebeer.com/download/printer.zip

It requires that you have your client's printer mapped and
set as the default printer inside of the terminal services
session.

-M

 

[Guest]

Thanks. But how to set the client's printer as default
printer inside the terminal session?

 

[Matthew Harris [MVP]]

Terminal Services should do this automatically for you.

In your terminal services configuration, there should be
an option to make the default printer the same as the
client's default printer.

-M

 

[Guest]

Got it. Thanks

-----Original Message-----
Terminal Services should do this automatically for you.

In your terminal services configuration, there should be
an option to make the default printer the same as the
client's default printer.

-M

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[Guest]

Hi. Matthew. I've try your batch file but failed. It
cannot map the LPT1 to local printer. Inside the batch
file, I find it made use of %username and is that the
problem? Also is the user need admin right to executive
this batch file?

 

[Agnes Magoo]

I'm not one to plug products disc groups, but if you're interested in
a solution I've used ping me at (e-mail address removed) and I'll tell
you what I know.

TSL

 

[Matthew Harris [MVP]]

Because the script it mapping a printer and creating a
share, the script requires the user to have power user
privileges. It is probably best run using the runas
command.

-M