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From: craick@titan.trl.OZ.AU (John Craick)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Paintjet/Win=NO Paintjet/Dos=YES ???
Message-ID: <1991May24.044704.26476@trl.oz.au>
Date: 24 May 91 04:47:04 GMT
References: <10730015@hpspkla.spk.hp.com>
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Organization: Telecom Research Labs, Melbourne, Australia
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bollard@hpspkla.spk.hp.com (Lee M. Bollard) writes:

>I am unable to print to a HP Paintjet or an HP7550 plotter from
>Windows 3 applications.  I CAN print to these printers from DOS.


>These printers are set up as LPT3 on our lan.  A coworker had the 
>exact same problem when he tried accessing the Paintjet today.  
>(He uses just Win 3, I use NewWave).

>Again the printer works fine when accessed form a DOS app.  I can
>print fine on a local printer and a lan LaserJet 2000 from windows
>applications.     

>Anyone know what the problem is?

My apologies if you already know all this.

To print to a network mounted printer in Windows, generally you must
attach the printer, not to LPTx:= but to LPTx.OS2= (note - no : )

Even then, you may need to tinker with win.ini or sys.ini to make it
know about LPT3, LPT4 as opposed to LPT1, LPT2.

The one thing that's a little puzzling is why you can print to a net
mounted LaserJet 2000. IF this is the problem THEN the LaserJet
shouldn't work either.

Hope this helps a little. 

John Craick
Telecom Research, Melbourne, Oz
j.craick@trl.oz.au