[Cialug] OT: Printing to a network printer

[Dan Schlichting]

Did you try useing ip address or try adding a network port for that printer?

Dan

On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 7:11 PM, Morris Dovey<mrdovey at iedu.com> wrote:
> Jeffrey Ollie wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 5:23 PM, Morris Dovey<mrdovey at iedu.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> ...but can't figure out how to send print data to it from my application
>>> running in a DOS window under XP. I can send the data to the screen or to
>>> a
>>> file, but haven't a clue how to get it to the printer.
>>
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314499
>
> Hmm. My "Printer Test Page" tells me that the share name is "LexmarkC", but
> how can I correctly identify the print server?
>
> I'm trying to do
>
>   net use lpt1 \\<printserver>\LexmarkC /persistent:yes
>
> and getting a response
>
>   System error 66 has occurred.
>   The network resource type is not correct.
>
> for every value of <printserver> I've tried.
>
> --
> Morris Dovey
> DeSoto Solar
> DeSoto, Iowa USA
> http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Cialug mailing list
> Cialug at cialug.org
> http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug
>
>