Mapping LPT1 to local (shared) printer?

[Cyberdude]

Is there another way to map an lpt port to a local printer other than
the syntax below?

net use lpt1 \\%COMPUTERNAME%\MyPrinter
- where MyPrinter is setup as a Shared Printer.

Sometimes this does not work because it cannot find the computername.
It there some other name or syntax I can use that specifies a printer
on the computer the command is being ran on? Is there a vbscript
that will do this?

 

[Davide Guolo]

Cyberdude,

net use lpt1 \\%COMPUTERNAME%\MyPrinter
- where MyPrinter is setup as a Shared Printer.

Sometimes this does not work because it cannot find the computername.

COMPUTERNAME is an environment variable which may be missing on those
machines (you might add it, or directly use the real computer name in
your NET USE command)

It there some other name or syntax I can use that specifies a printer
on the computer the command is being ran on?

you might try %USERDOMAIN%.
Try to open a Command Prompt and run a SET command (without additional
parameters) to see a complete list of the currently configured
environment variables.

Regards,
Davide Guolo
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