Re: Type L Printers

Posted by Alvin Chin on August 29, 2008 at 10:49:32:

In Reply to: Re: Type L Printers posted by Grant Foraker on August 29, 2008 at 09:48:03:

If I understand the recommended suggestion correctly.... let's say I currently have defined GLOBALLY the following printer:

Printer = LP1,L ,N,,LPT1,,

which prints to a LOCAL printer attached the LPT1: port of the local pc.

Changing the above to:

Printer = LP1,W,N,,#,,,

will allow the user to use LP1 to print to their DEFAULT Windows printer.

This seems like a reasonable alternative. However, there is a glitch to this approach. This approach is contingent on the user having their LOCAL printer as the DEFAULT. What if the user has decided to define a NETWORK printer as their DEFAULT? In this scenario, the assignment of LP1 to the default printer does not solve the problem. For this user, we would have to individually define LP1 per the actual Windows Printer Name.

Multiply this by 100 or more users, and it becomes a support nightmare.

Follow Ups:

• Re: Type L Printers Jim Guerber 11:17:34 08/29/08 (1)
  • Re: Type L Printers Alvin Chin 13:13:17 08/29/08 (0)
• Re: Type L Printers Grant Foraker 11:05:24 08/29/08 (5)
  • Re: Type L Printers Alvin Chin 13:23:38 08/29/08 (0)
  • Re: Type L Printers Jim Guerber 12:16:46 08/29/08 (3)
    • Re: Type L Printers Grant Foraker 09:49:34 09/01/08 (1)
      • Re: Type L Printers Jim Guerber 12:19:07 09/01/08 (0)
    • Re: Type L Printers Robert G Laurin 13:10:25 08/29/08 (0)

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