User's Guide for MS-DOS Clients

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Using LAN Manager Basic
Using Shared Printers
NOTE: You may need to supply a password with net use to gain access to a shared printer
queue. For more information about supplying passwords, see “Using Passwords,”
earlier in this chapter.
Printing over the Network
After you assign a devicename to a shared printer queue, there are two ways
to print a file over the network. You can print a file from within an
application, or you can send a closed file directly to the devicename.
To print a file
1 To print from a software application, set up the file to print to the devicename you
assigned to the shared printer queue. Then print as you normally would.
2 To send a closed file to a devicename you assigned to a printer queue, type:
net print filename devicename :
For example, to send the STATUS.DOC file to the printer queue connected to
LPT1:, type:
net print status.doc lpt1:
Viewing the Status of a Print Job
You can view the contents of a shared printer queue connected to a device,
or you can view the contents of all the printer queues on a server.¤
To view the contents of a shared printer queue connected to a devicename
• Type net print devicename :.
For example, to view the printer queue that connects to LPT1, type:
net print lpt1:
To view the contents of a server’s printer queues
• Type net print \\ computername .
For example, to view the contents of printer queues on the \\FINANCE
server, type:
net print \\finance