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CAPTURE.XP
Configuring Printer Capturing under Windows NT/2000/XP:
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(In Windows 95/98/ME you can capture LPT ports with point-and-click
from the printer properties area but you can't do that in XP/2000)
Open a Command prompt window (normally choosing Start, Programs,
Accessories, Command prompt) and at the command prompt (Dos Prompt)
type in lines similar to this line:
NET USE LPT1 /DELETE
NET USE LPT1: "\\SERVERNAME\BOB'S PRINTER" /Y
and press Enter ( the delete line is just in case lpt1 is already captured)
Change SERVERNAME to the actual name of the computer to which the printer
is attached.
Change BOB'S PRINTER to the actual share-name of the printer you want to
use
Note the quotes around the whole server and printer name.
CHANGE LPT1 to the port name you are capturing (LPT1,LPT2,LPT3 - possibly
LPT4 and higher)
To cancel this capturing type this at the command prompt:
NET USE LPT1 /DELETE
Tech Note:
This command is supposed to 're-activate' each time you reboot your
comptuer. In practice Windows sometimes forgets the commands or fails
to establish he printer capture.
In that case you need to re-issue the NET USE ... /DELETE and the
NET USE.. commands again.
It would be handy to put the all the NET USE commands in a batch file -
say in C:\FIXPRINT.BAT - if you have 2 printer captures for that computer
it would need 4 NET USE lines. Put a shortcut to that batch file on the
Windows desktop so that users can click that icon first in case of network
print problems.