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You can redirect the LPT1 physical port to a network printer. Here is an extract from msdn. 
To redirect print output for the LPT1 port to MyPrinter1 on print serv
+er W2KPRN1:

net use LPT1: \\W2KPRN1\MyPrinter1

To display information about the LPT1 port:

net use LPT1:

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