I have to demo some dos software at a client sight under windows Xp. the problem is printing to a network printer (hp) running a jetdirect card from a dos box. Netgear print servers honor the Universal Naming Convention (UNC), but the Hp's do not seem to honor any UNC names that I have tried. The CAPTURE button in the print properties no longer seems to exist under Xp. If the printer is connected to LPT1 and shared, it's do-able. If it's a 'standalone' network printer, I can't seem to figure out how to do it. Any suggestions would be welcome. All the clients use Hp standalone network printers with jetdirect cards.

To print with a DOS application on a networked printer use the NET USE command in a DOS Command Prompt window on Win XP. Example: NET USE lpt1 \\server\\printer With the "server" being the PC with the printer and the "printer" being the windows print queue.

Thanks for the response. This however is a print server inside a printer, there is no server name to refer to. I called hp yesterday, the only way to do this is to share the printer locally (redundant), then use the local computer name and share name in the NET USE command.

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