Windows 7 Printing to a Network Printer

[Richard Kreiss]

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> Behalf Of John Hemmer
> Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 4:08 PM
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> Subject: Re: Windows 7 Printing to a Network Printer
> 
> How do I define a printer to print to a Network Printer
> 
> 
> The printer IP number is 192.168.1.100
> 
> I have moved my filePro 5.0.14 Full Development Single User system from XP
> to Windows 7, and I am having trouble printing to a local networked
printer
> that I used with XP.
> 
> I have tried the following in the configuration file:
> 
> printer1=print_it,HP_OJ,192.168.1.100,send the output to the system
> printer.
> 
> but I do not get anything to print.
> 
> Prior to this I tried:
> 
> printer1=print_it,HP_OJ,lpt1,send the output to the system printer.
> 
> and the system replied that lpt1 did not exist.
> 
> Thanks in Advance.

What is the name of the printer under printer and devices?

Your destination should be win:windows printer name.  You cannot use the ip
address or driver as a destination.


Richard Kreiss
GCC Consulting
rkreiss at gccconsulting.net