delorie.com/archives/browse.cgi   search  
Mail Archives: cygwin/1997/04/30/22:08:04

From: Charles_Boatwright AT cisnc DOT canon DOT com ("Boatwright, Charles")
Subject: RE: printing help from Win95, one more try
30 Apr 1997 22:08:04 -0700 :
Approved: cygnus DOT gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com
Distribution: cygnus
Message-ID: <c=US%a=_%p=Canon_Informatio%l=CISNCDC-970430195652Z-90.cygnus.gnu-win32@cisncdc.cissv.canon.com>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Original-To: "'Hiren Desai'" <hdesai AT AccessLan DOT com>
Original-Cc: "'gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com'" <gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com>
X-Mailer: Microsoft Exchange Server Internet Mail Connector Version 4.0.994.63
Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com

Hiren,


You are referring to a UNC printer.  According to Mr Noer, UNC support
will be available in B18.  

alternatively, you can assign lpt1 to \\HP_Net..... in the printer
manager.

-chuck

Disclaimer:

Not Speaking for employer current or past -- 

>----------
>From: 	Hiren Desai[SMTP:hdesai AT AccessLan DOT com]
>Sent: 	Tuesday, April 29, 1997 10:32 AM
>To: 	gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com
>Subject: 	printing help from Win95, one more try
>
>I am using Windows 95 and I want to print from dos prompt. We have a printer
>hooked up on the network.
>
> When I use enscript -2r -P\\HP_Network_Printers\(printer_name) test.c. 
>I get error saying \\HP_Network_Printers cannot be opened. I tried to copy a 
>file by giving following command "copy test.c
>\\HP_Network_Printers\(printer_name). 
>I get following message "The computer name specified in the network path
>cannot be located". 
>
>When I open up my network neighborhood I see the above printer and the name.
>I do not have problem printing from windows application such as word/notepad.
>
>Some people here have NT and they can print using the above method.
>
>Thanks for your help.
>
>Hiren
>-
>For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to
>"gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".
>
-
For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to
"gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".

- Raw text -


  webmaster     delorie software   privacy  
  Copyright © 2019   by DJ Delorie     Updated Jul 2019