Sunday, January 28, 2007

Assigning a network printer to port - lpt1

Under Windows XP operating system - to assign a network printer to a local port e.g. lpt1, do the following:
Start > Run > type cmd > type
net use lpt1: \\computername\printername /persistent:yes

To delete / remove assignment - do the following:
Start > Run > type cmd > type
net use lpt1 /delete

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