Re: XP Print to LPT1 "Access Denied"

On Sat, 24 Sep 2005 18:36:59 -0500, Elwood P. Suggins wrote:

> Client with a Dell computer running XP 2002 tried connecting an Epson dot
> matrix printer to LPT1. It prints from notepad, but trying to print from
> DOS Clipper program gives an error and won't print; trying a command line
> "copy x.txt lpt1" gives error "Access Denied". This is hearsay - I'm 200
> miles away, and trying to do this on the phone, but I pretty much trust
> the person doing it, so I'm fairly sure what she's telling me is
> reasonably accurate.
>
> Any ideas?

This printer was connected to a W98 box and shared with the XP box, which
worked okay except that the XP box occasionlly decided that it couldn't
see the printer anymore and she had to go print something on the W98 box
to get it back online. The W98 box croaked.


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