Windows printers

[George Simon]

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Kreiss [mailto:rkreiss at verizon.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 3:00 PM
To: George Simon; 'Kenneth Brody'
Cc: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
Subject: RE: Windows printers



> -----Original Message-----
> From: George Simon [mailto:GSimon at americanriverintl.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 2:07 PM
> To: Kenneth Brody; Richard Kreiss
> Cc: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
> Subject: RE: Windows printers
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kenneth Brody [mailto:kenbrody at spamcop.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 11:45 PM
> To: Richard Kreiss
> Cc: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
> Subject: Re: Windows printers
> 
> On 5/25/2010 5:35 PM, Richard Kreiss wrote:
> >> Suggestion:
> >>
> >> When setting the destination to win:some printer name, consider opening
> >> printers and faxes and going to the properties of the printer wanted.
> [...]
> >> Quick easy and no typo's.
> 
> > Or, press F6 while in the "destination" field in pmaint, and select the
> > printer from the list.
> 
> --
> > Kenneth Brody
> 
> Or, if you do not have the latest version of filePro, just re-name the
printer in
> Windows to something easy to spell, like printer1.

> That assumes that you can do that.  In some cases, the systems are being
> supported by other than me and I need to leave the printer names alone on
> these systems.

> Richard Kreiss

I don't support any of the systems my software runs on and I've never had any complaints about my changing of the printer names.
I don't know of any program other than filePro that uses the printer name to print.  Most, if not all, just print to the default printer.
And if re-naming the printer is a problem, you can just create another one and call it whatever you want.