Chris N Rowlett
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| Rent Roll and USB Printing Issues - -
I have received quite a few questions about using Rent Roll 2000 and printing to USB printers. Many new computers do not have traditional LPT or PRN printer ports any longer. Below is an email I sent to one person asking about using USB printers with Rent Roll.
Hi,
I guess you are
using the non-windows version of Rent Roll. The problem is that
the non-windows version of Rent Roll defaults to recognize the
LPT1 printer port, which you do not have on your new computers.
As solution, you
could have a technician come out and install a $9 LPT
printer card in your computers and just avoid the whole
issue of printing to USB.
But, if you want
to print to the USB printers with Rent Roll, below is the
technical info.
If you are familiar
with networking, we solve the problem of printing to USB by
sharing the USB printer and then redirecting the LPT1 port to
that shared printer.
Rent Roll still
prints to LPT1, but Windows redirects that printing to the
shared printer on the USB port.
The only way to do this is by
using the command prompt and using the NET commands.
After you share the
printer on the USB port, you create a batch file with the
following command:
Net Use LPT1
\\computername\printername
This command
redirects the LPT1 printing to the shared printer which happens
to be on the USB port
Substitute the words
computername and printername with your actual information.
Put the batch file
in your startup folder so that it will run each time the
computer is started.
Hint, also, be sure
the way you have named your computer, in My Computer
properties, does not have any spaces in the name. Also, your
printer name should not have any spaces in the printer Share
name.
You share your USB
printer by going to Start, Printers, right click on your printer
and select Sharing.
If you have not used
the command based networking commands, then if you have a
computer tech that is say 45 years old or more, he should have
some experience with those.
Hope this helps you
out.
c.
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Chris Rowlett
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