Capture printer port to LPT for JetDirect and standard Printers

[c_28]

We write a 16 bit app that needs to print to an LPT port. On XP/2k, we need to capture the port through a net use command.

net use lpt2 \\server\printername

I've encountered problems when the server and/or printer name have spaces in the name. When we encounter spaces, we rename the server or printername or both. Does anyone know an easier way around this?

Is there any easy utility to capture the server/printer name and create a bat file with the net use in it?

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[Marcus_20 · Accepted solution]

Try using: net use lpt2 "\\server\printer name"

[Roger Faucher]

On a Windows server-based network, you can make the net use... part of the Login Script.

Roger

[c_28]

The quotes work but it won't allow /persistent:yes to reconnect at log-on.

I've had some users add it to their script, but our users are very very basic users so sometimes it is more trouble than it is worth.

I was trying to find away to just capture the print info for a bat file.

Thanks, I'll keep plugging away!!

[Roger Faucher]

c:

If you're an Admin on the server, you can create the script for them (but, I believe, you'll have to make the WS point to the script).

Here's how it's done in XP:

"To activate a logon script:
Open Network Connections.
Right-click the connection on which you want to run a script, and then click Properties.
On the Security tab, select the Run script check box.
To use an existing script file, click Browse.
Or, to use Switch.inf, click Edit."


Voila!

Roger