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Important note Shortcut Feb 2007Newer DNA·VIEW/PATER installation programs include installation of some icons to help make it easier and more convenient to arrange a printer connection, compared to the manualNET USE procedure described here.
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NET USE LPT1: \\SARSERV\HP4500
or, to avoid having to do this every time the computer restarts
NET USE LPT1: \\SARSERV\HP4500 /persistent:yes
This would connect and establish a Virtual LPT1 for a DOS based program to print on the ICMP network to our HP 4500 color laser.
net use port ResourceName persistence
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port
LPT1:
, a traditional name for one of the plugs on the
back of the computer where printers used to be plugged in. DOS, being
very old, sends messages to one of these old-fashioned port names in
order to print. Windows needs to be told somehow to intercept and re-route
all such messages.ResourceName
\\MachineName\PrinterName
MachineName
An idea (still in beta-test mode) If the machine name you want to use if the same
as the machine you plan to print from you shouldn't need to look up your computer name. Just
use the environment variable COMPUTERNAME
, like this:
net use LPT1: \\%computername%\Panasoni /persistent:yes
Question: But what do you do if the printer isn't plugged into any computer, but just into a hub or a router?
Answer: Use the name of your local computer or of any computer on which the printer is defined and shared.
PrinterName
If the printer is shared ("Share this printer" is selected), then for printer name use the "Share name".
net use lpt1: \\Guru\Panasoni /persistent:yes
If the printer is not shared, maybe the easiest thing is to share it. Other than that, a name can be obtained from the "Printer" column of the "Ports" tab.
If the printer name includes spaces then enclose the entire
ResourceName
in quotes:
net use lpt1: "\\Guru\Epson Model T" /persistent:yes
persistence
/persistent:yes
means that the assignment persists even
when you reboot your computer.