Microsoft KB Archive/99289

= Double Redirecting to Administer MS-DOS Printer Server =

Article ID: 99289

Article Last Modified on 7/30/2001



This article was previously published under Q99289



SUMMARY
Although you cannot use OS/2 ADMIN or WINDOWS ADMIN to administer the queues on an MS-DOS printer server (LAN Manager 2.1a), you can set up a print queue that you can administer on a LAN Manager server, then redirect output to the MS-DOS printer.



MORE INFORMATION
This method is double redirection, and the print path is: Client Machine            LM Server             DOS Print Machine

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=========            ================== LPT1=\\server\share -> smart queue for LPTx LPTx=\\dosprnt\share -> LPT1 connected to printer (\\dosprnt\share=LPT1 share out) From the initiating client's perspective, the print job appears to be using a print resource located on the LAN Manager server (the \\server\share to a printer). When the print job arrives, the server redirects it to a Windows for Workgroups print share (\\dosprnt\share).

Note: The server could also direct it to a print share on a different LAN Manager server.

In setting up the LAN Manager server, you must include these four lines in its STARTUP.CMD to ensure the correct order in re-establishing the server share:   net share \\server\share /d  (remove the server share) net use lptx = /d           (optional--ensures next net use) net use lptx=\\dosprnt\share (establish the redirection) net share share=lptx        (add \\server\share back again)

Additional query words: wfw wfwg 2.10 2.1 2.10a 2.1a 2.20 2.2

Keywords: KB99289

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