More centralized - more complicated? It can be pushed across a network as
opposed to running to each wkst and mapping the drive. I don't know about
you but 90% of the time I've mapped through the GUI, it fails on reboot
regardless of the settings. Forcing through batch seems to work each time.
Regardless of the method, we both arrive at the same solution - I've been on
the end of touching each one and it gets old.
My $.02.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Joe L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 7:39 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: W2K Print to file
Isn't that essentially more complicated way of doing what I said?
You can share the "File" printer on your own wkst, then map an lptx to
it on your wkst...
jlc
-----Original Message-----
From: Clark, Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 5:36 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: W2K Print to file
So do a net use to a bogus printer (will have to do the share on the
server)
and remap to the port. Reconnect using a batch file in the Run key of
startup so you don't have to worry about someone removing by accident -
lusers.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Joe L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 7:33 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: W2K Print to file
I am guessing no, cuz the dos program doesn't know windows printers, it
knows hardware lpt's... I think you will have to use the acro idea, or
one of your programs you mentioned. You could create the printer as you
said, but then map another ltpx to that one, and see if that works...
jlc
-----Original Message-----
From: Clark, Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 5:26 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: W2K Print to file
Couldn't you just map a fake printer to a file - it would then prompt
the
user for a location and a name for a bit more control. In other words,
install a HP LJ II driver and send it to a file rather than a port.
Is that what you're looking for?
Steve Clark
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-----Original Message-----
From: Lefkovics, William [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 7:04 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: W2K Print to file
We have a 16bit legacy application that runs reports to dot matrix
printers.
We'd like to redirect this output to a file.
In Windows2000, can I configure an LPT port to redirect to a file?
I've seen previous utilities like Lpt2file and Redirect. Are these
still my
best options?
Thank you in advance.
William
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