setup LPT1 printer

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I have a very basic dos style program that can only print to LPT1. I don't
have a parallel printer only a USB one that is accesses over a network. Not
a complex network, no server just everyone hooked into a hub and one of the
computers has a plotter and one has a printer. How do I set up something to
print to the printer which is USB on the network
 
News said:
I have a very basic dos style program that can only print to LPT1. I don't
have a parallel printer only a USB one that is accesses over a network. Not
a complex network, no server just everyone hooked into a hub and one of the
computers has a plotter and one has a printer. How do I set up something to
print to the printer which is USB on the network
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Share your printer, then run this command from a Command prompt:

net use LPT1: \\%ComputerName%\SharedPrinter

where "SharedPrinter" is the share name of your printer.

Whether this USB printer understands the code sent by the DOS
program is another question. I suspect that it won't.
 
News said:
I have a very basic dos style program that can only print to LPT1.
I don't have a parallel printer only a USB one that is accesses
over a network. Not a complex network, no server just everyone
hooked into a hub and one of the computers has a plotter and one
has a printer. How do I set up something to print to the printer
which is USB on the network
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This help?
http://geekswithblogs.net/dtotzke/articles/26204.aspx
 
Sorry I didn't make myself clear enough.
The program just has a print option i.e. press F5 to print results but it
defaults as the LPT1.

So I need to be able to press the print button and have it send to LPT1 but
LPT1 actually send it to the USB on another computer on the network
 
You made yourself perfectly clear and my answer still applies.
Share the printer, then run the command I gave you. If you wish
to automate the process than you can create this batch file:

c:\documents and settings\all users\start menu\programs\startup\netlogon.bat

and put these lines inside:

@echo off
net use LPT1: \\%ComputerName%\SharedPrinter
 
Simply replace the "%ComputerName%" in Pegasus's instructions, with the
remote computer's name.
 
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