Network Printer

This has probably been covered a million times before but....

I am using XP and have a network printer which I use for printing from a dos
program by using:

net use lpt1: \\computername\printername /persistent:yes

this worked fine but now I have removed the computer and connected the
printer directly
to my router. The printer still works fine from windows programs.

What command do I now use to print in DOS to lpt1? Do I replace the
"computername" with the
network address (192.168.0.101)? There appears to be no sharing option now
for the printer.

Thanks for any help.

"Don" <Nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> This has probably been covered a million times before but....
>
> I am using XP and have a network printer which I use for printing from a
> dos
> program by using:
>
> net use lpt1: \\computername\printername /persistent:yes
>
> this worked fine but now I have removed the computer and connected the
> printer directly
> to my router. The printer still works fine from windows programs.
>
> What command do I now use to print in DOS to lpt1? Do I replace the
> "computername" with the
> network address (192.168.0.101)? There appears to be no sharing option now
> for the printer.
>
> Thanks for any help.

You must have done a whole lot more than just connect the printer
to your router. You must have re-installed the printer, telling the
installation program that this is now a network printer.

After doing this, the printer became visible in the Control Panel /
Printers. You can now "share" it the way you did before, then map
LPT1 to the share name, again as before.

>This has probably been covered a million times before but....
>
>I am using XP and have a network printer which I use for printing from a dos
>program by using:
>
> net use lpt1: \\computername\printername /persistent:yes
>
>this worked fine but now I have removed the computer and connected the
>printer directly
>to my router. The printer still works fine from windows programs.
>
>What command do I now use to print in DOS to lpt1? Do I replace the
>"computername" with the
>network address (192.168.0.101)? There appears to be no sharing option now
>for the printer.
>
>Thanks for any help.

Set it up as an IP printer and, when using the NET command, you'll
replace it with the printers IP_x.x.x.x port. Try this:

Control Panel > Printers and Faxes > Add Printer > Next > Local
Printer... > Next > Create New Port > Standard TCP/IP Port > Next >
<printer's IP address> From there, you can figure the rest out.

Once you create an IP printer port try:
net use IP_192.168.0.101: \\computername\printername /persistent:yes

It should work. If you can set your printer's IP to be a static
number, do that as a router power cycle may give it a new IP from the
DHCP pool. Good luck.

- Thee Chicago Wolf

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> "Don" <Nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
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>> This has probably been covered a million times before but....
>>
>> I am using XP and have a network printer which I use for printing from a
>> dos
>> program by using:
>>
>> net use lpt1: \\computername\printername /persistent:yes
>>
>> this worked fine but now I have removed the computer and connected the
>> printer directly
>> to my router. The printer still works fine from windows programs.
>>
>> What command do I now use to print in DOS to lpt1? Do I replace the
>> "computername" with the
>> network address (192.168.0.101)? There appears to be no sharing option
>> now
>> for the printer.
>>
>> Thanks for any help.
>
> You must have done a whole lot more than just connect the printer
> to your router. You must have re-installed the printer, telling the
> installation program that this is now a network printer.
>
> After doing this, the printer became visible in the Control Panel /
> Printers. You can now "share" it the way you did before, then map
> LPT1 to the share name, again as before.
The printer does show up in Control Panel. What's confusing me is the
"computername" bit. Is it now treated as a local printer and I use the name
of the printer I'm actually sitting at? I'm used to always using the
"computername" for the computer the printer is actually attached to.

Thanks

"Thee Chicago Wolf" <.@.> wrote in message
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> >This has probably been covered a million times before but....
>>
>>I am using XP and have a network printer which I use for printing from a
>>dos
>>program by using:
>>
>> net use lpt1: \\computername\printername /persistent:yes
>>
>>this worked fine but now I have removed the computer and connected the
>>printer directly
>>to my router. The printer still works fine from windows programs.
>>
>>What command do I now use to print in DOS to lpt1? Do I replace the
>>"computername" with the
>>network address (192.168.0.101)? There appears to be no sharing option now
>>for the printer.
>>
>>Thanks for any help.
>
> Set it up as an IP printer and, when using the NET command, you'll
> replace it with the printers IP_x.x.x.x port. Try this:
>
> Control Panel > Printers and Faxes > Add Printer > Next > Local
> Printer... > Next > Create New Port > Standard TCP/IP Port > Next >
> <printer's IP address> From there, you can figure the rest out.
>
> Once you create an IP printer port try:
> net use IP_192.168.0.101: \\computername\printername /persistent:yes
>
> It should work. If you can set your printer's IP to be a static
> number, do that as a router power cycle may give it a new IP from the
> DHCP pool. Good luck.
>
> - Thee Chicago Wolf


Thanks for the "static" tip. I'll look into it. Still wondering about
"computername" (see above).

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> "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> wrote in message
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>> "Don" <Nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
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>>> This has probably been covered a million times before but....
>>>
>>> I am using XP and have a network printer which I use for printing from a
>>> dos
>>> program by using:
>>>
>>> net use lpt1: \\computername\printername /persistent:yes
>>>
>>> this worked fine but now I have removed the computer and connected the
>>> printer directly
>>> to my router. The printer still works fine from windows programs.
>>>
>>> What command do I now use to print in DOS to lpt1? Do I replace the
>>> "computername" with the
>>> network address (192.168.0.101)? There appears to be no sharing option
>>> now
>>> for the printer.
>>>
>>> Thanks for any help.
>>
>> You must have done a whole lot more than just connect the printer
>> to your router. You must have re-installed the printer, telling the
>> installation program that this is now a network printer.
>>
>> After doing this, the printer became visible in the Control Panel /
>> Printers. You can now "share" it the way you did before, then map
>> LPT1 to the share name, again as before.
> The printer does show up in Control Panel. What's confusing me is the
> "computername" bit. Is it now treated as a local printer and I use the
> name of the printer I'm actually sitting at? I'm used to always using the
> "computername" for the computer the printer is actually attached to.
>
> Thanks
>

If the printer is visible by PC1 then you can share it on PC1. It
does not matter whether it is attached directly to PC1 or if it is
a network printer. Why don't you tive it a try?

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> "Don" <Don@127.0.0.1> wrote in message
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>>
>> "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> wrote in message
>> news:uFQ8jPncIHA.4332@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>
>>> "Don" <Nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
>>> news:uH084KncIHA.1208@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>> This has probably been covered a million times before but....
>>>>
>>>> I am using XP and have a network printer which I use for printing from
>>>> a dos
>>>> program by using:
>>>>
>>>> net use lpt1: \\computername\printername /persistent:yes
>>>>
>>>> this worked fine but now I have removed the computer and connected the
>>>> printer directly
>>>> to my router. The printer still works fine from windows programs.
>>>>
>>>> What command do I now use to print in DOS to lpt1? Do I replace the
>>>> "computername" with the
>>>> network address (192.168.0.101)? There appears to be no sharing option
>>>> now
>>>> for the printer.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for any help.
>>>
>>> You must have done a whole lot more than just connect the printer
>>> to your router. You must have re-installed the printer, telling the
>>> installation program that this is now a network printer.
>>>
>>> After doing this, the printer became visible in the Control Panel /
>>> Printers. You can now "share" it the way you did before, then map
>>> LPT1 to the share name, again as before.
>> The printer does show up in Control Panel. What's confusing me is the
>> "computername" bit. Is it now treated as a local printer and I use the
>> name of the printer I'm actually sitting at? I'm used to always using
>> the "computername" for the computer the printer is actually attached to.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>
> If the printer is visible by PC1 then you can share it on PC1. It
> does not matter whether it is attached directly to PC1 or if it is
> a network printer. Why don't you tive it a try?
>
Thanks, I will. Not there at the moment. Assume it works if you here no
more

The date and time was 2/19/2008 6:01 AM, and on a whim, Don pounded out
on the keyboard:
>>>
>> If the printer is visible by PC1 then you can share it on PC1. It
>> does not matter whether it is attached directly to PC1 or if it is
>> a network printer. Why don't you tive it a try?
>>
> Thanks, I will. Not there at the moment. Assume it works if you here no
> more
>
>

I'm sure he'll be "here", but will we "hear" from you? ;-)

--
Terry R.

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