network printing

[Tim]

I have a Windows XP Home PC connected to a Windows 2000
Server environment. The server has a printer connected
to lpt1, and my XP PC also has a printer connected to
lpt1. The server's printer is shared on the network. I
have the shared printer setup on the XP PC. For some
reason the network printer on the XP PC shows up as using
lpt1, when I know I manually setup the printer to use
port \\servername\sharename. It's like the XP PC's
network printer properties are the same as the printer
properties on the server. What's even stranger is that
when I make a change to the either the server's printer
properties, or the XP PC's network printer properties,
the change is reflected on both property windows. I
think this is the reason that I cannot print to my local
printer. The lpt ports are confused.

 

[Alan Morris\(MSFT\)]

When you open the properties of the remote printer and you are
administrator, you can change the settings on the remote system.

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Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
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