wireless printer argument

[C Day]

Thanks Ken.  The testprt5 was a big help.

win:\\http://num.num.num.nu\printer name    works fine printing from 
filePro on XP to wireless
Apparently getting the \\ and // and \ going in right directions was 
part of my problem.

After that, I tried to print from filePro on W7 laptop to the wireless.  
No such luck!

What I see different using testprt5 is the pPrint Processor. Rather than 
WinPrint  W7 is using   hpcpp120    whatever that is ???


On 10/29/2013 11:47 AM, Kenneth Brody wrote:
> On 10/28/2013 11:12 PM, Richard Kreiss wrote:
>> Top post:
>>
>> Filepro will not accept an IP address as a destination.
>
> filePro will accept anything that Windows will accept as an argument 
> to the OpenPrinter() API.
>
> [...]
>>> On Oct 28, 2013, at 9:46 PM, C Day <gliderman.one at frontier.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> filePro 5.00.14
>>> Windows  XP  and 7.
>>> Wireless HP Pro 400 color printer.
>>>
>>> I have tried bunches of combinations of win://\\http address/\printer
>>> name and get nothing but invalid argument.
>>> On one try I got,   error number -1 windows error #53.
>>>
>>> what is the secret?
>
> The "secret" is to use "WIN:printername", where "printername" is the 
> name by which Windows knows the printer.  Unless "\\http address 
> /\printer name" is the Windows name of the printer, that won't work.
>
> If you were in filepro 5.6, you could press F6 in the "destination" 
> field, and filePro would display a list of Windows-known printers, and 
> build the "WIN:printername" string for you.
>
> I am attaching a program which will enumerate the printers.  Pipe the 
> output through "more", find the printer you want, and use the 
> "pPrinterName" value for that printer.  (Yes, I know that the mailing 
> list manager will strip the attachment.  However, it will give you a 
> link at the bottom of this message from which you can download the file.)
>