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Re: Re[2]: Unix spooler


>>>>> "arifi" == arifi koseoglu <arifi_koseoglu@karmaint.com> writes:

> How'bout if the printer is not on te Parallel port but on the network ?

> -Arifi

> ______________________________ Reply Separator _____________________________
> Subject: RE: Unix spooler
> Author:  Sergey Okhapkin <sos@prospect.com.ru> at INTERNET
> Date:    8/18/97 11:41 AM

> Ian Collins wrote:
>> How would I access my network/local windows 95/nt printers from a bash 
>> prompt?
>> There doesn't seem to be any spooler implementation in gnu-win32 (or is 
>> there).

> Just try "ls >prn" :-)

> -- 
> Sergey Okhapkin, http://www.lexa.ru/sos 
> Moscow, Russia
> Looking for a job

I just learned this trick yesterday:

net use /persistent:yes
net use lpt1: \\YourPrintServer\YourPrintername

This was to get enscript for 95/NT to work with a network printer, but
I have not tried to redirect from the command line. Hope it helps.

Sarir

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