Net Use with Printer doesn't work

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I have a USB connected printer that works with Windows apps fine. I also
have a DOS app that needs to see the printer at LPT1. On my previous 2000
Pro machine I had the printer shared and did a net use to map the printer to
LPT1. This worked absolutely without issue. Now, I have an XP Pro machine
and I tried the same thing. It doesn't work. If I do a 'net use' at a
command prompt it shows the printer associated with LPT1, but printing to
LPT1 produces nothing.
 
I've done this before and it does work. Make sure your computer's ethernet jack is connected to a network device, otherwise TCP/IP is turned off and will cause this to fail. I'd also make sure your computer name and share name are simple for DOS. Try doing: net use lpt1 /delete, and then try to re-capture the port and see if it works.

-IVE
 
Everything is as it should be with the configuration of the machine. Tried
your suggestion for deleting and re-capture. Did not work.


Ivanho said:
I've done this before and it does work. Make sure your computer's
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ethernet jack is connected to a network device, otherwise TCP/IP is turned
off and will cause this to fail. I'd also make sure your computer name and
share name are simple for DOS. Try doing: net use lpt1 /delete, and then
try to re-capture the port and see if it works.
 
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