Printing in DOS

[Guest]

I am unable to print in a DOS environment
At the cmd prompt I type: DIR>LPT
and nothing prints
I am using Windows 2000
Any help please
Is there any settings I might need to change before I can print in DOS?

 

[Ray at]

Do you have a printer connected to LPT1?

Ray at work

 

[Guest]

Yes. The printer works in the Windows environment, but it doesn't work in the DOS environment

Any solutions???

 

[Ray at]

And this printer is connected to LPT1?

net use lpt1:

What does that return?

Ray at work

 

[David H. Lipman]

Is that correct ?

Doesn't that require a redirection ?

net use lpt1: \\server\Print-share

Dave


"Ray at <%=sLocation%>" <myfirstname at lane34 dot com> wrote in message
| And this printer is connected to LPT1?
|
| net use lpt1:
|
| What does that return?
|
| Ray at work
|
| | > Yes. The printer works in the Windows environment, but it doesn't work in
| the DOS environment.
| >
| > Any solutions???
|
|

 

[Ray at]

Well, if you just do a "net use lpt1:" it'll show you if you've done a
redirection.

Local name LPT1
Remote name \\servername\printShareName
Resource type Print
Status OK
# Opens 0
# Connections 1
The command completed successfully.

Or, if there is no mapping:
System error 67 has occurred.

The network name cannot be found.

Ray at work

 

[Jlmc]

If the printer is a USB or a Network printer you will need to go into the
properties of the printer. Under ports you will need to put a check in the
enable printer pooling box then put a check in the LPT1 box. Example Printer
will have USB, LPT1, and enable printer pooling boxes checked.

 

[Guest]

I tried the suggested, but no luck. I'm not sure if I am completing the steps you all provided correctly, but I followed what was given

The printer does print through DOS on another PC so I know it's not the printer's hardware

Any other suggestions?

----- Jlmc wrote: ----

If the printer is a USB or a Network printer you will need to go into th
properties of the printer. Under ports you will need to put a check in th
enable printer pooling box then put a check in the LPT1 box. Example Printe
will have USB, LPT1, and enable printer pooling boxes checked