User's Guide for MS-DOS Clients

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Using Shared Printers
Connecting to a Printer Queue
For example, if your current directory contains the PHONE.LST file and you
want to send the file to the HOLES printer queue on the \\ADMIN server,
type:
net copy phone.lst \\admin\holes
LAN Manager Enhanced connects your workstation to the printer queue and
copies the file to the queue for printing. After copying, the connection
cancels. Note that this procedure doesn’t work when you need a password to
gain access to \\ADMIN\HOLES. In this case, you must first connect to the
queue by assigning it a devicename.
Printing over the Network
After you connect to a printer queue, you can use a printer queue as if a
printer were attached to your workstation. You simply direct your print job
to the devicename that you assigned to the queue. Many applications print to
LPT1 by default.
In addition, you can send a file to print with MS-DOS commands by using
the devicename assigned to the queue in the syntax for the command — for
example:
copy report.doc lpt2:–
Or –
print /d:lpt2 report.doc
For more information about using the MS-DOS copy and print commands,
see your MS-DOS manual(s).