LPT1 Redirection

[Tom]

I cannot remember the net use command to redirect an LPT1 port to a network
printer.

Would someone please refresh my memory?

I think it's close to:

net use lpt1 \\printer

I tried the above but it didn't work.

Thanks,
Tom

 

[Olof Lagerkvist]

I cannot remember the net use command to redirect an LPT1 port to a network
printer.

Would someone please refresh my memory?

I think it's close to:

net use lpt1 \\printer

I tried the above but it didn't work.

You forgot the servername...

net use lpt1 \\server\printer

 

[Tom]

What if it's a standalone network printer?

You forgot the servername...

net use lpt1 \\server\printer

 

[Olof Lagerkvist]

What if it's a standalone network printer?

You mean a printer server box or a printer with an ethernet interface?
Then you have to install a printer on your local machine and when you
install it you select to create a new printer port, a standard tcp/ip
port, where you type the ip address etc for the printer.

After these steps it is possible to share the printer on the local
machine and then attach an LPT port to the shared printer using e.g.
"net use lpt1 \\computername\printername".