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More info?)
The share name of the printer may be sufficient for what I referred to as
PortName.
(I don't know what specific print server you're using. They vary some
particularly depending on whether a multi-port or single port unit. If the
printer share name doesn't work and you post the exact model it would help.)
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"TonyM" <TonyM@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:78ADF357-2277-42AE-897B-887C05A920B3@microsoft.com...
> so what would the port name be?
>
> "GTS" wrote:
>
>> Why not? net use LPT# \\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx\PortName where xxx.. = IP of
>> the
>> print server.
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>>
>> "TonyM" <TonyM@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:CABBFC41-E8C8-4D7C-A833-CBAFEC49E7AF@microsoft.com...
>> > The pinter is on a linksys print server, I can't map using an unc path,
>> > which
>> > is the only way the article explains for network printers.
>> >
>> > "Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:
>> >
>> >> You're going to have to pool the port. See Bruce Sanderson's article
>> >> at:
>> >>
http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/printfromdos.htm
>> >> --
>> >> Cari (MS-MVP)
>> >> Printing & Imaging
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "TonyM" <TonyM@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:2D76C5FF-E38E-4022-855A-2BBF4AAB7F5B@microsoft.com...
>> >> >I have a winXP pro standalone machine. Using a wired linksys print
>> >> >server.
>> >> > I have a dos application that will only print to a local port (LPT2:
>> >> > to
>> >> > be
>> >> > exact). I cannot get this to work using the linksys IPP port or
>> >> > standard
>> >> > TCP/IP port.
>> >> >
>> >>
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