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@Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 21:49:46 -0500
Subject: Re: Question on network printing w/eCS & Win98
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On 10/15/2003 at 08:55 PM, Davey Brain  wrote:

>Now I have P2P working with 3 systems at the moment.  It seems I can  print
>from Win98 to my HP895Cse in eCS only by installing an HP driver  on both
>machines even though my HP is shared in eCS and appears in Win98  (but
>offline).  Is the same true for printing from eCS to Win98?

Yes.

>  I've  shared
>the WW200 in Win98 and it shows in eCS no problem.  I assigned it  the
>unused LPT2 port so I assumed all I had to do was print to it.  But  it
>doesn't show up as a printer anywhere.  What am I doing wrong, what  do I
>need to do and what other info do you guys need to help me?  The  WinWriter
>is supposed to use PCL4 (LJ2/3) for DOS compatibility.  Should  I install a
>LJ3 driver in eCS?  Then what do port do I connect it to to  get it to
>print to the shared WW200 in Win98?

Create a Network Printer object corresponding to the WW200, and install the
PCL driver (yes, probably an LJ3 would do -- check special features for
closest compatability) for that. Output Port would be LPT2, if it doesn't
get selected automatically during object creation.

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    Phil Parker
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