Printer destination - rant
Kenneth Brody
kenbrody at spamcop.net
Thu May 28 21:01:59 PDT 2009
rkreiss wrote:
> Windows filePro
>
> filePro will accept win:lpt1 as a valid destination.
Nit: It is Windows that accepts "lpt1" as a printer name for the
OpenPrinter() API call.
> Then why will it not accept IP_192.168.nn.nn(port designation), a network
> printer destination, as a valid destination?
Because the OpenPrinter() Windows API call doesn't accept it as a valid
printer name.
> It would seem to me that being able to specify a specific IP address would
> make life much simpler the using a printers name. This is especially true
> in the Windows environment where each computer needs to have the same
> printer name unless they are are local printer connected to lpt1. this is
> getting rarer and rarer as parallel ports are being replaced by USB or
> network printers. Even the most modestly priced printer are network
> enabled; either wired or wireless.
You need to use a name that Windows recognizes. Perhaps there is a way to
specify an IP address like that, but in a modified form? Perhaps something
like "\\192.168.nn.nn\p1"?
--
Kenneth Brody
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