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You would have to share the printer for this to work. &nbsp;Go into your printer and faxes window, right click on the USB printer you wanted to set to lpt1 and go to the sharing tab. &nbsp;Set the printer share name here, and make sure it is less than 8 characters long and does not have any special characters. &nbsp;This share name is what you would enter as the printer name from the command line I gave you above.<br />
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net use lpt1 \\%computername%\%printer share name% /persistent:yes <br />
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This has worked about 70% of the time for me. &nbsp;There have been instances where some HP branded printers not taking the settings while a Canon would.<br />

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You would have to share the printer for this to work.  Go into your printer and faxes window, right click on the USB printer you wanted to set to lpt1 and go to the sharing tab.  Set the printer share name here, and make sure it is less than 8 characters long and does not have any special characters.  This share name is what you would enter as the printer name from the command line I gave you above.

net use lpt1 \\%computername%\%printer share name% /persistent:yes

This has worked about 70% of the time for me.  There have been instances where some HP branded printers not taking the settings while a Canon would.


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How do I redirect the LPT 1 port to usb port for a laser printer ?
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How do I redirect the LPT 1 port to usb port for a laser printer ?

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