Network Printer Set-up
for the DOS version
of MONDO CONDO
NETWORKED
PRINTER with WIN98. Right click on the
printer icon and go to tab “Details”.
“Capture” an LPT port (other than LPT1).
NETWORKED
PRINTER with WIN2K or WINXP. To use a
networked printer with MONDO CONDO using Windows 2000 or XP, you must use the
NET USE command to redirect printing to a parallel port. The steps are as follows (assuming, for
example, a computer named SVR and a printer named HP4100):
- install the network printer on the
computer;
- share the printer;
- create a batch file named
printers.bat containing the following command:
NET USE lpt2 \\SVR\HP4100
suggest using lpt2 or lpt3 so as to
leave lpt1 available for a local printer;
- drag the printers.bat file to the
following start-up menu:
c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start
Menu\Programs\Startup
- modify the workstation file
z:\mcCSTM\mcMAPS\mcWKS.dbf to add HP4100
(for example) to the LPT2 field for the SVR workstation.
The above
technique will also work for adding a local USB printer (say a printer named
HP3330) to a workstation. If the
workstation name is “WKS” then the command would be:
NET USE lpt2 \\WKS\HP3330