still no resolution

[Nancy Palmquist]

David,

Can not make it all out, but can you install on your older computers the 
right drivers and connect the printer to the network location in the 
printer setup?

I never use the \\station1\sta1 type of printer address if I can avoid it.

I have a network with a network attached printer called: Lexmark

I have windows 64 bit and windows xp machines.  Get the drivers for 
theprinter/OS you are using, install those drivers and then pick the 
printer under the network stuff.  Then each computer has the right 
drivers and they point the the correct printer.

In filepro put WIN:Lexmark under destination.

That passes the job to your windows printer called Lexmark.  From there 
windows sends the print job to where ever you have specified that 
printer is on your system.

Works great.

See if any of that helps. The logic you are using with the 
\\servername\sharename is a pain with the new security issues on Win7.  
I would only use it if the servername represents a print server not 
another users computer.

Nancy



On 5/30/2011 5:39 AM, davidrottkamp at echoes.net wrote:
> Hi again,
> Still looking for help on my mixed 64 bit/32 bit windows environments and printing with fileproHere are the details again...
> Have client using filepro 5.0.11DN9 on a windows 7 (64) bit machineHe has users on windows xp boxes (32) bit machinesI am mapping his drive as there drive letter Ithey have bat file that has
> PFDSK=IPFPROG=IPFPRINTER=perrii:\fp\p menuname
>   printer perri is setup by pmaint as HPLASER with win:\\station1\sta1 for printer  \\station1 is users computer name sta1 is share name for their printerthey have no problems accessing database and doing all functions until they go printbecause the server is 64 bit and users are 32 bit can not create printer on the windows 7 boxdrivers will not load.
> copied from /fp/lib/configprinter1 = lp1,HPLASER,LPT1,PPP's printerprinter2 = perri,HPLASER,win:\\station2\sta2,Perri's printerprinter3 = sheila,HPLASER,win:\\station3\sta3,Sheila's printerprinter4 = diane,HPLASER,win:\\station1\sta1,Diane printer
>
> error that comes up when running dreport as it tries to printCannot open print command, same error when doing a form from dclerk LPT1: error number –1windows error #231:All pipe instances are busy.
> Environment variables filepro sees at the time of getting error above at pr perri at pt HPLASER at pd win:\station2sta2  this is the weird one in config it shows win:\\station2\sta2  ideas on why variable shows it this way at pc Perri's printer
> Summary..1) filepro is reading the correct config2) the LPT1: portion of error is generic in filepro3) I can not print to 32 bit printers from filepro on windows 7 server
> Any help would be appreciated.
> Thanks,
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