Fwd: fp and usb printer

[Bob Rasmussen]

On Tue, 9 Oct 2007, Richard Hane wrote:

>   We have filepro 1.0.13D09 ODBC network version on a Windows network.

>    I am trying to hook up a new HP2015dn printer to a workstation (not 
>   as a network printer).  I connects via usb not lpt1.

>    The priner works fine in all windows programs but I am having a 
>   problem with the post definition in printer maintenance.  How do I id 
>   the usb post?  I tried changing lpt1 to usb and that did nothing.

I assume by "post" you mean "port". You can not address a USB port in the
same way you address an LPT port. You have to send data to the printer by
its Windows name. Somebody will chime in with the syntax for that, and
whether it works with your version of filePro.

Furthermore, that printer may not accept PCL-5 control sequences. It may 
not even accept a plain stream of characters, but may require the use of 
the Windows driver instead. If that's true, our Print Wizard product can 
bail you out.

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