AREV Printer Environment Settings (AREV Specific)
At 29 OCT 1997 03:05:51AM Kevin at KPW wrote:
Knowing that we can change the printer environment screen, which we have done to permit 10 separate printer opportunities for users, how would we create the port options for LPT4 thru' LPT9?
Currently this screen restricts the port settings to LPT1,LPT2,LPT3.
May we simply change these options behind the screen or is there an AREV restriction that limits us to 3 ports?
It would be really helpful if we were able to extend this range.
Kevin at KPW
email kpw1@compuserve.com
At 29 OCT 1997 01:13PM Tracy Graves wrote:
You would just need to make the call that you make in DOS to capture the printer port. Deciding which call to use depends on what you're system is.
If you have all Windows95/NT workstations, or are going to an NT Server, you would use the net use command. something like:
perform "suspend net use lpt27: \\servername\printername"
This utilizes the Microsoft Networking command, which does the capture.
If you have a Novell server that defines the printer, but some or all of your workstations are NOT Win 95/NT, then you would use the CAPTURE command. I'm not sure of the exact syntax, but it is a Novell command, and somewhat similar to the net use.
This sets the active printer on the DOS level.
At 29 OCT 1997 06:37PM Kevin at KPW wrote:
Tracy, Thanks for your response.
Your method assumes that you are printing via RBASIC without
specifying within the Printer Environment which driver set to use.
One assumes that using this method takes the drivers from the WIN95
printer driver settings and ignores the AREV printer definitions.
We are somewhat concerned about that.
What if you still wanted to print to LPT27 but did not want to resort to
RBASIC scripting? You then would need the Printer Environment to be
set to enable you to SETPRINTER 27 to enable that to work.
That is our quandary!
Kevin at KPW
At 30 OCT 1997 10:41AM Aaron Kaplan wrote:
Changing the window and popup should allow you to do this. Win95 should take over the printing and recognize the additional lpt ports.
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