P Pam Holman Aug 10, 2004 #1 My Windows 2000 machine won't allow me to print from the command prompt.
B Bob I Aug 10, 2004 #2 You might want to mention the printer setup and what you have tried so far. (As well as which command promt CMD.EXE or COMMAND.COM)
You might want to mention the printer setup and what you have tried so far. (As well as which command promt CMD.EXE or COMMAND.COM)
A Andy Yew Nov 23, 2004 #4 Ed said: c:> net use lpt1: \\computername\printername Ed Click to expand... I think you might actually have to print to that device to see it coming out? You just mapped a printer share to a network port. print /?
Ed said: c:> net use lpt1: \\computername\printername Ed Click to expand... I think you might actually have to print to that device to see it coming out? You just mapped a printer share to a network port. print /?
E Ed Siff Nov 24, 2004 #5 C:\Execs>type prnt.bat @echo off cls net use lpt1: \\aalprnt\syslp type %1 >lpt1: net use lpt1: /delete been using it for years! [QUOTE="Andy Yew said: c:> net use lpt1: \\computername\printername Ed Click to expand... I think you might actually have to print to that device to see it coming out? You just mapped a printer share to a network port. print /? [/QUOTE]
C:\Execs>type prnt.bat @echo off cls net use lpt1: \\aalprnt\syslp type %1 >lpt1: net use lpt1: /delete been using it for years! [QUOTE="Andy Yew said: c:> net use lpt1: \\computername\printername Ed Click to expand... I think you might actually have to print to that device to see it coming out? You just mapped a printer share to a network port. print /? [/QUOTE]
