bbouch2003 wrote:

> --- In os2hardware{at}yahoogroups.com, Ed Durrant  wrote:
> > bbouch2003 wrote:
> >
> > > I have two printers. The first is HP laserjet 5L connected to LPT1.
> > > The second is Canon i560 connected to USB port. Both work fine.
> > >
> > > I have WIN-NT install on VPC. From VPC I have access to LPT1 but not
> > > to the USB port. I read somewhere that it is possible to connect a
> > > printer to a COM port in VPC and then redirect this COM port to the
> > > USB port in eComStation. I don't know how to do this. Does somebody
> > > know how to do this? Or is there an other way to make these two
> > > printers working with VPC?
> > >
> >
> >  You actually need to re-route the printout to the print queue
> rather than
> > the physical USB port.
> > This used to be possible from Win-OS2 but VPC/2 is a whole different
> > situation. Perhaps you could
> > place a question (or check it hasn't already been asked and
> answered) on the
> > VPC support forum at www.innotek.de
> >
> > Cheers/2
> >
> > Ed.
> On VPC support forum I read that it might be possible to redirect from
> COM to LPT port. The print spooler allow to redirect only from a LPT
> port to a USB or COM or else.
> In fact is it possible in eComStation to redirect from a COM port to a
> LPT port?
>

All I can find within OS/2 is the ability to re-direct from LPT to COM by
using the following command:

SPOOL /D:LPT2 /O:COM1

So you use the spooler to do this. I have tested and USB1 is not supported
as an output to spool.

How about an alternative method ?

Share the USB attached printer to the network as an LPD device and then map
to that as a "standard TCPIP printer" from within your VPC session - this
should work.

Cheers/2

Ed.



 
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