Printer Definitions

[Bob Rasmussen]

On Thu, 16 Oct 2008, Kenneth Brody wrote:

> Quoting Richard Hane (Thu, 16 Oct 2008 06:49:58 -0700 (PDT)):
> [...]
> > This is a Win 2000 / 2003 network. FP verison 5.0.15.  I set the   
> > above printers up using this format \\server name\printer share   
> > name.  Again this works fine.
> >  
> > Why can't you set the printer path to the IP address? (ie.   
> > 192.168.0.30)  I would think this would make set up easier and not   
> > have to hassle with share name formats.
> 
> Ask Microsoft.  The "win:printername" syntax in filePro will take any name
> that the Windows OpenPrinter() API call accepts.

A printer name carries more information than an IP address. Most 
importantly, it connects to a Windows printer driver. Granted, filePro may 
not USE that driver, but Windows' scheme is designed for more advanced 
printing.

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