Re: XP Print to LPT1 "Access Denied"

Not sure if this addresses your problem, but here goes

If it is a managed desktop, you cannot redirect the printer for a physical
port unless you have admin rights
You cannot do the following "net use LPT1 \\server\share"

However, you can redirect LPT2 because it is usually a virtual port.
This is not the best solution because you may have several places in your
code where you want to print to the redirected LPT1

If you do not actually have a printer attached to LPT1, you can disable the
port and then you can redirect
Right click on My Computer, select properties, then hardware, then Device
Manager, expand ports, right click on LPT1 and disable

Harvey Sather



"Elwood P. Suggins" <epsuggins@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:pan.2005.09.24.23.36.58.831889@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 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?
>


.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Redirecting lpt1 output to an installed printer
    ... to the lpt1 port. ... I am doing now is to redirect the output using the "net use" ... If there's a recognized printer on that port, ... which I do via a "net use LPT1" command inside a batch file. ...
    (microsoft.public.vb.general.discussion)
  • Re: Redirecting lpt1 output to an installed printer
    ... to the lpt1 port. ... I am doing now is to redirect the output using the "net use" ... If there's a recognized printer on that port, ... which I do via a "net use LPT1" command inside a batch file. ...
    (microsoft.public.vb.general.discussion)
  • Problem with Net use
    ... nonadministrative users redirect the LPT1 port if this ... disable LPT1 in Device Manager so that users can redirect ... Start Device Manager (go to Start, Programs, ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.networking)
  • Re: W2K8 TS Printer Share
    ... @echo Remote Connection LPT1 Port Maping ... Best regards. ... Terminal Server using DOS application LPT1 printer ... Cilent connect Terminal Server redirect OKI ML3320 printer. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services)
  • Re: POE and Port Redirection
    ... > The client will create many session on the same port on the Server. ... > redirect, but I am at a loss from where to from here. ... sub forwarder_create { ...
    (comp.lang.perl.misc)