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Jeff, Have you tried pooling printers? It worked for me, thanks to instructions from Geert. Go to your printer properties, then the "Ports" tab, click on "Enable Printer Pooling", and click on LPT1 or 2 (whichever is appropriate) in addition to the existing printer port. Obviously, printer sharing is another aspect for the network. I hope it helps. Charlie Wolf Jeff Puhlmann-Becker wrote: Hi Brian. Thanks for the info. It appears that DataPerfect does not give an option to print to LPT4, only LPT1 and 2 and COM1 and 2. With this in mind, how can I NET USE LPT4 when the DP program doesn't give this option as a destination?Jeff Jeff Puhlmann-Becker Managing Director Pilgrim Center W1010 Spring Grove Rd Ripon WI 54971-8647 920-PILGRIM (voice) 920-748-6752 (fax) www.ucci.org -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Brian Hancock Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2006 4:23 PM To: DataPerfect Users Discussion Group Subject: Re: [Dataperf] Printing on a Remote Desktop Hi Jeff, On Windows you can redirect a local port to a shared Windows network printer, using the NET USE command, but in the case of Terminal Server where you would never grant a user administrator rights you can only readily and dynamically redirect a local printer port if it is not real, ie LPT1 and LPT2 are real even if they do not have connectors, they are often supported on the motherboard), so best to use LPT4 in the reports, to redirect NET USE LPT4 \\computer\printersharename Remember with Terminal Server that DP is executing in the memory space of the server and not of the client, so if you want to use a local printer you are sharing in the opposite direction. So the server becomes the printer client, and your client becomes the printer server. Regards Brian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Puhlmann-Becker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'DataPerfect Users Discussion Group'" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2006 9:31 AM Subject: RE: [Dataperf] Printing on a Remote DesktopI though DP only printed to a local prniter on a LPT1 or LPT2 port. Is this correct, or is there a way to get DP ro print across a network connection to a newwotrk printer? I'll try this other stuff when I am in the office on Monday. Thanks. Jeff -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Brian Hancock Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2006 4:50 PM To: DataPerfect Users Discussion Group Subject: Re: [Dataperf] Printing on a Remote Desktop Hi Jeff, This article might help describe the Windows printing process,http://www.brianmadden.com/attachments/Brian%20Madden%20-%20Terminal%20Server%20Printing.pdf I have a feeling you might need a thirdy party product like Citrix, however you could try setting up shared printers on the client and then say use a batch file to redirect the local port to the network queue. eg Using MyClient and MyServer , create a printer shared on MyClient (NB keep share name to 8 chars or less), and give permission to the Terminal Server user. On MyServer use a batch file to start DP, (ie instance running on MyServer -Terminal server session) net use lpt4 \\Myclient\MyShare dp myStr.str and configure DP report to print to LPT4, do not use LPT1 or LPT2, or even LPT3, as non-Administrators cannot remap a real local port. Since most systems do not have support for LPT4 it is reasonable safe. You might be able to use environment variables set in log in scripts to manage the bactch file for multiple users, eg net use lpt4 %MyPrinter Regards Brian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Puhlmann-Becker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2006 6:50 AM Subject: [Dataperf] Printing on a Remote DesktopHello, Fellow DataPerfect Users! We're using DataPerfect on Windows Server 2003. Almost everything works great (especially with the Tame DOS addition I picked up here!) Our users log on to the server via a Remote Desktop connection. As I said, almost everything works... Users can do anything EXCEPT print reports from DataPerfect on their local printer. They can print any other documents from any Windows programs running on the remote desktop, so I know the connection to the local printer is good. I need a workaround to get DataPerfect to print directly to the local LPT1 port. Can anyone help me? Thanks. 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