WIN: printer syntax question

[Kenneth Brody]

On 4/13/2011 10:13 AM, Coleman wrote:
> Windows XP client, WIN 2003 server, HP 1505 network printer attached.
>
> Am attempting to configure printing to the above printer using the WIN:printer name syntax.  Using
> WIN:MM1505
>
> When attempting to print I receive the fP error
> Cannot open Print Command
> WIN:1505 Invalid Argument
>
> When I confirm the Windows printer name the power bar on the top of the Windows dialog box says "MM1505 on s25" but the name appearing next to the printer icon when I open the properties of the printer states "MM1505".  The sharing tab also shows the share name as "MM1505".  When configuring the printer in fP, using either WIN:1505 or WIN:1505 on s25 I get the same error, described above.  Anyone see my mistake?

Are you sure you are using the same name as Windows?  You keep changing 
between "MM1505" and just "1505".  Which is it?

In any case, if you are using filePro 5.6, the easiest way to get the 
correct value is to use the F6 key in pmaint's "destination" field, and 
select from the list of Windows-defined printers.  The value will be filled 
in for you.

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Kenneth Brody