Printer destination - rant

[rkreiss at verizon.net]

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Forgot the F6 printer lookup function.  Fond the printer.  


Like your idea for naming the printer with the ip address.  Can use the port designation IP192......

Richard

-----Original Message-----
From: Kenneth Brody <kenbrody at spamcop.net>
Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 12:01 AM
To: rkreiss <rkreiss at verizon.net>
Cc: Filepro List <filepro-list at celestial.com>
Subject: Re: Printer destination - rant

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