Microsoft KB Archive/96778

= Verifying Printer Ports on a 3Server =

Article ID: 96778

Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006



This article was previously published under Q96778



SUMMARY
It is possible to verify printer ports directly on a 3Server using the COPY command. This procedure allows isolation from the LAN Manager software and Print Manager running on the 3Server. To copy directly to a printer port on the 3Server, do the following:

 From an OS/2 workstation, log in as an administrator on the 3Server.  Do a NET ADMIN /C connection using the following command      net admin \\servername /c where \\servername is the name of the 3server. You will now have a prompt that looks similar to below:      [\\servername] _  From this command prompt, do a DIR command for *.CMD. Select one of the listed files (these are OS/2 command files and are pure text).  Copy the selected file to the printer port (this could be LPT1 or COM1, for example, depending on what port the printer is connected to). The command is as follows:      copy setmode.cmd lpt1  You should receive a &quot;one file(s) copied&quot; message. If the printer prints the file, you have then verified that the port and printer are functioning properly. If no printout is obtained, then a problem exists with either the port, printer, or printer cabling.</li></ol>

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MORE INFORMATION
If your printer is a PostScript printer, use the following commands: <pre class="fixed_text">  copy con lpt1 showpage ^z After the command is entered, you should receive a &quot;one file(s) copied&quot; message. SHOWPAGE is the PostScript command to eject a page. On some older machines, you may need to add the /B switch to the line. For example, <pre class="fixed_text">  copy file.txt lpt1 /b This command sends the file in binary format, thereby avoiding any end-of-file problems.

Additional query words: 2.10 3Com 3Server

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