Re: Raw Data to Printer on Win XP

[traveler]

terra incognita had the right idea even though id did not look like it. Use the net use command given, but put in the name of your local pc using quotes if your pc has spaces in its name. I know it looks funny, but that is the way. Then use net view \\hostname to see that it is there. Be sure to print the Control-Z at the end of the job to get the output to show up...

HTH, --traveler

[dvergin]

Rapturous, demented gibbering and giggling fills the air...

Success! Okay, let's doc this puppy.

First, I took the trouble to go to

Start / Settings / Printers_and_Faxes / Deskjet500 on US 
    / Printer / Properties / Sharing

And clicked on "Share this Printer" and gave my printer a share name.

Then, at a command prompt (mmm... command prompt, good!), the following did ensue:

>net view \\GatewayM275
Shared resources at \\GatewayM275

Dv's Gateway M275

Share name  Type   Used as  Comment
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DJUSB002    Print           DeskJet 500 on USB
Printer     Print           Journal Note Writer
SharedDocs  Disk
The command completed successfully.

>net use LPT1: \\GatewayM275\DJUSB002
The command completed successfully.

>net view \\GatewayM275
Shared resources at \\GatewayM275

Dv's Gateway M275

Share name  Type   Used as  Comment
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DJUSB002    Print  LPT1     DeskJet 500 on USB
Printer     Print           Journal Note Writer
SharedDocs  Disk
The command completed successfully.

>echo Hello > LPT1:

And the most beautiful sound did issue forth from my printer. Likewise for:

>print test.txt

Thanks to all who have contributed to this thread. My wife just called me to come home for dinner. I've blown much of the afternoon on this, but I'm outta here!

[leriksen]

OMG - all that to just "DWIM"...

I'll make sure I give my Linux boxes an extra big hug before I go to bed tonight !!!