From: removeFATIMC15@smail.ocefss.ucm.es (F.C.)
Subject: Re: nptwin95, novell 4.11
Date: 1998/08/07
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On Fri, 7 Aug 1998 00:56:34 +0200, "Peter Aagaard"
 wrote:

>Hi
>
>Can someone help me with this problem please?
>When i try to ad printers in nptwin95 and follow the links i set up in
>pconsole, the win95 pc comes with this error:
>lpt1 is not availble at this workstation, please select another lpt port.
>nomather what port I select, it is the same error msg.
>I hope someone can help me...
>The problem is on all workstations, not just one of them.
>Best regards Peter
>
>

I found this in Novell support:

Issue 1:
     "LPT1 is not supported on this workstation. Please select another
printer that does not use
     LPT1"
     or
     "[port] is not a supported port" where [port] is any valid serial
or parallel port name.

     Solutions:
     Nprinter95 looks in the registry at this parameter:
     [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Enum\BIOS\*PNP0401\0C]
     PortName=LPT1
     If the PortName is something other than PortName like PORTNAME it
will think the port is not
     there.
     Just deleting the ports and letting windows PNP the configuration
back will not necessarily fix
     the name, when I do this it brings back PORTNAME instead of
PortName. Two solutions exist to
     fix this:

     1) Run Regedit 
     Go into HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Enum\BIOS\
     Use menu item Edit / Find type in 'portname'
       Checkmark "Look at" keys, values, and data 
       Hit button "Find Next" and find the value PORTNAME
     Note the data under portname then rename PORTNAME (right click on
it) 
     Use "PortName" (case sensitive capital P and N the rest small
case) hit return.
     Right click again select 'Modify' 
     Enter a value of LPT1 or whatever portname it was. (All CAPS)

     It has been reported that some OEM versions of Windows95 will not
let you modify the setting
     as outlined above. For these cases, instead of modifying the name
PORTNAME to PortName,
     delete the string key of PORTNAME and do an Edit / New / string
value and call it PortName
     then open it and add the port name, ie, LPT1 or whatever port you
are working with.
     Alternatively, you can rename PORTNAME to Port and then rename it
again to PortName.

     2) Putting the following information in the NPRINTER.INI file.
Put the appropriate heading(s) for
     what port(s) you want to use. (assumes printers named P1, P2, P3,
P4, and P5.

     [NPRINTER]
     setup=TILE
     tree=
     context=

     [LPT1]
     name=.P1.
     printer=P1
     printServer=
     number=0
     port=7
     profile=1

     [LPT2]
     name=.P2.
     printer=P2
     printServer=
     number=1
     port=8
     profile=1

     [LPT3]
     name=.P3.
     printer=P3
     printServer=
     number=2
     port=9
     profile=1

     [COM1]
     name=.P4.
     printer=P4
     printServer=
     number=3
     port=10
     profile=1

     [COM2]
     name=.P5.
     printer=P5
     printServer=
     number=4
     port=11
     profile=1

     NPRINTER.INI example for a 3.x bindery queue.
     [LPT1]
     name= - 
     printer=
     printServer=
     number=0 <---- printer number in pconsole
     nlm=NPTDRV95.NLM
     port=7
     profile=1


chiao,
F.C.