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Command Line Print Command - Help Mapping a Networked Printer to LPT1
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Command Line Print Command - Help Mapping a Networked Printer to LPT1
Saturday, May 17, 2008 at 5:29 pm
Posted by Moon Raker
(1 messages posted)
1.) Download the kix32.com
kixtart scripting command
http://www.kixtart.org/downloads/
3.) Copy and Paste the following into notepad save as
print.bat
$Printer =
READVALUE("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Windows","Device");
$Index = 1
WHILE $Index < LEN($Printer)
$Testchar = SUBSTR($Printer, $Index, 1)
IF $Testchar = ','
$Cutat = $Index - 1
$Index = LEN($Printer)
ENDIF
$Index = $Index + 1
LOOP
$Printer = SUBSTR($Printer, 1, $Cutat)
$Checklocal = SUBSTR($Printer, 1, 2)
? "Default Printer: $Printer"
; only map if Default Printer is Network Printer
IF $Checklocal = "\\"
? "Removing existing LPT1 mapping ..."
USE LPT1 /D
USE LPT1 $Printer
IF @ERROR
BEEP
? "Error @ERROR mapping
$Printer to LPT1"
ELSE
? "Done. $Printer mapped to
LPT1"
ENDIF
ELSE
? "ABORT. Default Printer is not a network
printer!"
ENDIF
4.) run the command
kix32.exe print.bat
This will look for a networked printer and map it to LPT1.
Now you can use the dos command print.
example:
print print.bat or print filename
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re: Command Line Print Command - Help Mapping a Networked Printer to LPT1
Monday, May 19, 2008 at 2:59 am
Posted by normanw
(866 messages posted)
You should have posted this in the original thread opened by the
person who asked for the information.
On Saturday, May 17, 2008 at 5:29 pm, Moon Raker wrote:
>1.) Download the kix32.com
> kixtart scripting command
>
>http://www.kixtart.org/downloads/
>
>3.) Copy and Paste the following into notepad save as
> print.bat
>
> $Printer =
>
>READVALUE("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows
>
>NT\CurrentVersion\Windows","Device");
>
> $Index = 1
>
> WHILE $Index < LEN($Printer)
>
> $Testchar = SUBSTR($Printer, $Index, 1)
> IF $Testchar = ','
> $Cutat = $Index - 1
> $Index = LEN($Printer)
> ENDIF
>
> $Index = $Index + 1
>
> LOOP
>
> $Printer = SUBSTR($Printer, 1, $Cutat)
> $Checklocal = SUBSTR($Printer, 1, 2)
>
> ? "Default Printer: $Printer"
>
> ; only map if Default Printer is Network Printer
> IF $Checklocal = "\\"
> ? "Removing existing LPT1 mapping ..."
> USE LPT1 /D
> USE LPT1 $Printer
> IF @ERROR
> BEEP
> ? "Error @ERROR mapping
>
>$Printer to LPT1"
> ELSE
> ? "Done. $Printer mapped to
>
>LPT1"
> ENDIF
> ELSE
> ? "ABORT. Default Printer is not a network
>
>printer!"
> ENDIF
>
>
>4.) run the command
>kix32.exe print.bat
>
>This will look for a networked printer and map it to LPT1.
>Now you can use the dos command print.
>
>example:
>print print.bat or print filename
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