Connecting to a Printer Queue

Connecting to a printer queue allows you to use the queue as if a printer were attached directly to your workstation. You connect to a printer queue by assigning a devicename to the queue. You can use devicenames LPT1 through LPT3.

The procedure in this section is for connecting to printer queues on servers on which you can set the current focus. To connect to other queues, see the next section.

To connect your workstation to a printer queue

Set the current focus on the server sharing the printer queue that you want to use.
From the View menu, choose Available resources.
The Resources Available at \\computername dialog box appears.
Printer queues are listed as Printer in the Type column.
Select the printer queue that you want to use.
Choose the Use resource button.
The Use the resource \\computername\sharename dialog box appears.
LAN Manager Enhanced provides the next available devicename in the Local device box, but you can type a different devicename over the one that appears.
In the Password box, type a password if needed.
Choose the OK button.
Choose the Done button.

Connecting to Printer Queues Without Setting the Focus

The LAN Manager screen allows you to connect your workstation to printer queues on servers other than the server of current focus. This includes servers that are not visible on the LAN Manager screen, servers in other domains, and MS-DOS workstations running the LAN Manager Print Station utility.

LAN Manager Enhanced also lets you connect your workstation to servers on the network that are not running Windows NT or LAN Manager. Because these servers have different interfaces, their names do not appear on the LAN Manager screen. Instead, you can connect by specifying the server's path in a dialog box.

To connect to a printer queue on a server other than the server of current focus

From the View menu, choose Used resources.
The Resources in Use by username at \\computername dialog box appears.
Choose the Add use button.
The Use a Network Resource dialog box appears.
In the Type of Use list box, select the 2 Printer option button.
LAN Manager Enhanced provides the next available devicename in the Local device box, but you can type a different devicename over the one that appears.
In the Network resource box, type the network path of the printer queue you want to use.
For example, to connect to the LASER queue on the \\ADMIN server, type:
\\admin\laser
To connect to a LAN Manager Print Station queue on an MS-DOS workstation, use LPT as the sharename. For example, to connect to the queue on the workstation \\WILDWOOD, type:
\\WILDWOOD\LPT
In the Password box, type a password if needed.
Choose the OK button.
Choose the Done button.

Making a Onetime Connection to a Printer Queue

You don't have to assign a devicename to a printer queue if you only want to print one file. You can copy the file directly to a printer queue by specifying the network path as the destination of the net copy command.

For example, if your current directory contains the PHONE.LST file and you want to send the file to the HOLES printer queue on the \\ADMIN server, type:

net copy phone.lst \\admin\holes

LAN Manager Enhanced connects your workstation to the printer queue and copies the file to the queue for printing. After copying, the connection cancels. Note that this procedure doesn't work when you need a password to gain access to \\ADMIN\HOLES. In this case, you must first connect to the queue by assigning it a devicename.

Printing over the Network

After you connect to a printer queue, you can use a printer queue as if a printer were attached to your workstation. You simply direct your print job to the devicename that you assigned to the queue. Many applications print to LPT1 by default.

In addition, you can send a file to print with MS-DOS commands by using the devicename assigned to the queue in the syntax for the command — for example:

copy report.doc lpt2:-

Or -

print /d:lpt2 report.doc

For more information about using the MS-DOS copy and print commands, see your MS-DOS manual(s).

Connecting to a Printer Queue

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