Andrew
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I've done this before but can't for the life of me remember how. It's pissing me off now so please help
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James_DT
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Registered: 9th Apr 04
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net use lpt1: \\computername\printer /persistent:yes
If you don't want it to reconnect automatically after log on, remove the end bit.
[Edited on 02-05-2009 by James_DT]
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Andrew
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best to use lpt1 or a virtual port?
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James_DT
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Doesn't really seem matter.
Our network printers are mapped to lpt1 and lpt2 and we don't get any problems.
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Andrew
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Cheers James. I couldn't for the life of me remember how to do it
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James_DT
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Actually, I've just remembered that non-admin users can't map a network printer to LPT1 if it's already mapped to the local parallel port!
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/313644/
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Andrew
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saying it's mapped sucessfully but no printer is appearing. I'll give myself local admin rights and see if that works
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