First post, by eL_PuSHeR
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So you have your new shiny new brand USB printer and you have just found out that you are unable to print from your old reliable favourite ms-dos proggy because it was only meant for working with Parallel (LPTx) and Serial (COMx) ports. So what can you do? Discard your new printer to garbage? NO. There is a more simple trick provided your printer has some sort of backwards compatibility emulation built-in. (I am saying this because I have tested this trick with a Brother HL-2030 -which is PCI5 only- and it didn't work).
First, you must enable "share printers and folders" in network properties.
Then, assign a preferably short name for your network.
Go to printers and right-click on the desired printer -> Share.
Use a preferably short name (nick) for the shared printer.
Open a dos window or use execute. Type in...
net use lpt1: \\mynet\epson /yes
(if you are using Win 9.x) or
net use lpt1: \\mynet\epson /persistent:yes
(if you are using Win XP (could work for NT & 2000 too, don't know)
Now, everytime you send something to LPT1 it will get redirected to your USB printer. Neat, isn't it?
Type in just net use to see the current assignments.
To remove all assignments, type in net use * /delete.
That's all.
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