Windows 7 Printing to a Network Printer (John Hemmer) --> RE: Filepro-list Digest, Vol 83, Issue 27

[Steve Parker]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: filepro-list-bounces+rkreiss=verizon.net at lists.celestial.com
> [mailto:filepro-list-bounces+rkreiss=verizon.net at lists.celestial.com] On
> Behalf Of John Hemmer
> Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 4:08 PM
> To: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
> 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.

Dear John,

There are a couple of ways that should work with this that I have tried with
older versions of filePro.

	1) Set up a "share" for the printer in Windows 7. Keep the "share
name" 8 characters or less.

	2) Make sure the work stations that are trying to print to this
printer in filePro can print to it in Windows, whatever version, from their
workstation. (The printer you create on the local workstation is not
directly used in filePro but will "prove" that the printer -- sitting behind
security and firewalls on a Windows 7 x PC -- can be reached.

	3) Use the share name to point to in filePro with the win: -- etc
syntax.

FAILING THAT

	4) Use simple network protocol to print to the share. NET USE ...
etc.

Let me know if you need help or more specifics on how to set this all up.


Steve Parker
ABC Computing Services