PRN / Redirection?

[Len B]

A recent event revealed a gap in my understanding. I haven't tried doing
this for years and now it doesn't work - at least not the same as it used
to.

A friend and I have the same make/model printer. Mine connects to port
USB002 on my XP pro machine.

I had him print a document to file, zip and send it to me so I could print
it. That failed so now I'll just get the source file and the application
that goes with it. Then I can print a copy of it but...

In the past, to print the file I would to copy the file to PRN or LPT1. I
figured I could copy it to USB002. No!! So I tried the PRINT command from
DOS. That fails too. It appears that this method would work if my printer
was on LPT1. How do I achieve it in my situation?

TIA
-- Len

 

[Klaus Jorgensen]

Len B wrote :

In the past, to print the file I would to copy the file to PRN or LPT1. I
figured I could copy it to USB002. No!! So I tried the PRINT command from
DOS. That fails too. It appears that this method would work if my printer was
on LPT1. How do I achieve it in my situation?

Open printer properties, on the Ports tab check "Enable printer
pooling", and then check LPT1 in addition to USB002. Sending the print
job to LPT1 will - since an LPT1 printer is not ready - route the print
job to USB002.

 

[Len B]

Thanks Klaus
Next time I'll give that a go. As it happens I had a printer connected to
LPT1 and I'll have to delete that first.

While talking with a friend about this I realized I could have used NET USE
to map the USB printer to LPT1. I don't know why I didn't think of that at
the time.
Anyway, I've got 2 ways to do it next time

Thanks again
-- Len