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NT Printing to LPT1:

How do you print to your default NT PrinterQ as LPT1: without using net use i.e. we need to dynamically make the  NT printerQ point to LPT1: for DOS Apps.
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More details, please.
- Why is NET USE not applicable ?
- 'dynamically'. What do you exactly mean ?
- NT version ?
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Using Nt 4.0
It must be able to detect from NT which printer has been set as default printer and set LPT1: likewise.
Problem:  Certain Oracle programs print to LPT1: port.  NT uses printerq's instead of actual LPT ports.  The user can typically change the printer q he/she wishes to print to.  In Novell, that would mean change LPT1 routing to a different q.  In NT:  what LPT1??

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Using Nt 4.0
It must be able to detect from NT which printer has been set as default printer and set LPT1: likewise.
Problem:  Certain Oracle programs print to LPT1: port.  NT uses printerq's instead of actual LPT ports.  The user can typically change the printer q he/she wishes to print to.  In Novell, that would mean change LPT1 routing to a different q.  In NT:  what LPT1??

Printers - Add Printer - * Network Printer - [Browse] - ... - ...MS-DOS... * Yes - - [Capture Printer Port] - LPT1

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Uli,
The option after Network Printer is to select the printer q, then set as default printer.  No MS DOS (unless we are talking about a different location/option?)  or is there a way to add MS Dos option?  i do not find a capture printer port anywhere.

I don't understand you. Do you mean:
If Programm A is printing to LPT1: NT should print there
If Programm B is printing to LPT1: NT should redirect it to somewhere else.

If not I do not understand why you can not use
    net use lpt1: \\server\printer

Regards,

          Cer


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