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Win95 / VLM's / More than 3 LPT ports?
Hi,
I'm playing around with Netware VLM's and Windows95.
In the net.cfg you can set LOCAL PRINTERS = 9 / NETWORK PRINTERS = 9 and under Windows 3.1x you simply add the LPT ports (4-9) in the win.ini to have windows recgonise them.
Does anyone know how to do this under Windows95? I changed the win.ini but windows95 still only knows about LPT1-3
Any help/comments/suggestions appreciated.
Cheers,
I'm playing around with Netware VLM's and Windows95.
In the net.cfg you can set LOCAL PRINTERS = 9 / NETWORK PRINTERS = 9 and under Windows 3.1x you simply add the LPT ports (4-9) in the win.ini to have windows recgonise them.
Does anyone know how to do this under Windows95? I changed the win.ini but windows95 still only knows about LPT1-3
Any help/comments/suggestions appreciated.
Cheers,
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(The Microsoft Client for NetWare Networks is limited to three NetWare printer redirections)
Connect to the NetWare printer by specifying a Universal Naming Convention (UNC) path to the printer, rather than capturing the LPT4 port.
eg. \\servername\queuename
NOTE: This workaround prevents MS-DOS-based programs from printing to the network printer. MS-DOS-based programs require that you capture a printer port.
Hope this helps.