Printer config

[Kenneth Brody]

Quoting charles day <daychls at verizon.net>:

> GCC Consulting wrote:
[...]
> >Can one use, as the destination,  win:\\reception\printername and have
> > the fp and the local machine know to print to its printer?
[...]
> I have printer on USB of XP box (MAIN1) with fp/filepro.  Networked to
> XP box (CLDTRE) with nothing but batch file on this cpu.  Printer
> installed and shared on both boxes. The printer share name is PRINTER2.
> In fp printer maintenance I have:
>
> WIN:\\MAIN1\PRINTER2.
>
> In filePro, selecting that printer from either or all machines will
> print to that printer.
>
> This may not work with '98 but does work with XP pro.  I believe better
> printer handling is the one worthwhile benefit of moving to XP,
> especially from '98.  If the terminal cpu costs only $800 (with faster
> boose, $499 with slower boose).  "Happiness and smooth sailing is worth
> more than the $800."

The "win:\\server\printer" syntax works just fine under Win98, _except_
when you are specifying the local box.  (ie: "server" is the local Win98
box.)

I haven't had any luck in getting a Win98 box to access local resources
via a UNC name.

He may have to set an environment variable on the Win98 box to tell
filePro to use "win:lpt1" for that box only.

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