Need a way to capture or redirect the LPT1 port to a network printer in Windows XP Pro......TIA This

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Ralph Malph

I have a DOS program that I run in Windows XP Pro, and it only knows
how to print to LPT1:. I don't have any printer I can attach to LPT1.
The only printers I have are connected to a HP Jet Direct 500x.

Thanks for the help in advance,

Ralph Malph
 
What you really need is a printer that uses the "parallel"
port, rather than using the USB port. "Parallel" port
printers use LPT1 as default.
 
Not too sure but if you create a standard tcpip port (point it to your jetdirect print server) and name it lpt1? (DOS is dumb. May be able to fool your program in this way
Perhaps your jetdirect software has a workaround for you?
 
Thanks for the response, but DUH.

The problem is that this is a network setup, and the printer is on a
JETDIRECT print server. Using the LPT port is not an option.

Thanks again,

Ralph Malph
 
Greetings --

NET USE LPT1 \\printservername\printername /persistent:yes

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