USB Printer from Cmd prompt

Question

I have some Turbo Pascal programs written for DOS. They work just fine on my (dying) printer connected to a parallel port (LPT1). My new printer is connected to a USB port (USB001). I cannot get the program to recognize the new printer. If the old printer is turned on, it prints there whether I refer to the printer as LPT1 or PRN. I'd appreciate any ideas. I tried: Assign(f,'USB001') and nothing happened.

--Bob

jwatt · Answer

According to a Google Groups thread I found searching for xp redirect printing usb, this works:

I have a USB printer. I was able to print to it by doing the following:

Share the printer on the network (Start - Printers & Faxes - rt-click on
the printer, select Sharing, enter a share name)

Map LPT1 (or LPT2, 3, 4) to the printer share in a cmd window
C:\ net use lpt1 \\computername\printersharename /persistent:yes

Jim

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USB Printer from Cmd prompt

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