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Q114018: Printing from an OS/2 Workstation to a WINNT Shared Printer

Article: Q114018
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): 3.1 3.5 3.51
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbprint kbPrinting
Last Modified: 07-SEP-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.1 
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 3.1 
- Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server, version 3.1 
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation versions 3.5, 3.51 
- Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.5, 3.51 
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SUMMARY
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To print to a Microsoft Windows NT shared printer from a Microsoft OS/2 version
1.3 workstation, you must set up a printer in the OS/2 Print Manager with the
device pointing to the LPT port to which you have redirected your shared
printer.

MORE INFORMATION
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If you try to print from an OS/2 program, such as File Manager, to a printer
shared from a Windows NT machine, you get an error such as:

  Cannot print. Make sure that the default printer is installed and connected
  properly. Then try again (PMV1051).

In OS/2 Print Manager, set up a printer that points to the device you have
redirected your print jobs to, and is selected as the default printer for
Presentation Manager applications.

Procedure:

1. Net Use LPT2: \\Server\Printer1

2. In OS/2 Print Manager, choose Setup/Printer/Add.

3. Setup Printer with Device=LPT2, choose the IBMNULL driver.

4. DO NOT set up a queue for this printer.

5. In OS/2 Print Manager, choose Setup/Application Defaults.

6. Select 'Printer1' as the default printer for Presentation Manager
  applications.

Additional query words: prodnt
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Keywords          : kbprint kbPrinting 
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Version           : 3.1 3.5 3.51

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