Output to a USB ptinter from DOS.

I have a stand-alone Win98SE with dialup and DCC installed.

I want to print from a legacy DOS program in a DOS window to a HP
laserjet1012 on USB.

On the Win98 gen_discussion forum, one person said that he had done
this by mapping the parallel ports to a locally shared USB printer.

My attempt failed.

He said that to do this with a printer named "usbprinter" on a machine
called "localhost" he did this:

1. Share the local printer.
2. Type "NET USE LPT1 \\localhost\usbprinter" from a command
prompt.

My USB printer's Share name HP1012
I enter at the C:> prompt: NET USE LPT1 \\localhost\HP1012

This produces the message:

"Error 3787: You must log on before performing this operation."

Any suggestions?

Stan Hilliard

"Stan Hilliard" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news(E-Mail Removed)...
> I have a stand-alone Win98SE with dialup and DCC installed.
>
> I want to print from a legacy DOS program in a DOS window to a HP
> laserjet1012 on USB.
>
> On the Win98 gen_discussion forum, one person said that he had done
> this by mapping the parallel ports to a locally shared USB printer.
>
> My attempt failed.
>
> He said that to do this with a printer named "usbprinter" on a machine
> called "localhost" he did this:
>
> 1. Share the local printer.
> 2. Type "NET USE LPT1 \\localhost\usbprinter" from a command
> prompt.
>
> My USB printer's Share name HP1012
> I enter at the C:> prompt: NET USE LPT1 \\localhost\HP1012
>
> This produces the message:
>
> "Error 3787: You must log on before performing this operation."
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Stan Hilliard

As the message says: Log off (Start / Log off), then
log on under some user name. If you don't have an
existing account, just type in "Stan", and remember
the password you use.

On Fri, 2 Jan 2004 16:03:47 +1100, "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>
>"Stan Hilliard" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news(E-Mail Removed).. .
>> I have a stand-alone Win98SE with dialup and DCC installed.
>>
>> I want to print from a legacy DOS program in a DOS window to a HP
>> laserjet1012 on USB.
>>
>> On the Win98 gen_discussion forum, one person said that he had done
>> this by mapping the parallel ports to a locally shared USB printer.
>>
>> My attempt failed.
>>
>> He said that to do this with a printer named "usbprinter" on a machine
>> called "localhost" he did this:
>>
>> 1. Share the local printer.
>> 2. Type "NET USE LPT1 \\localhost\usbprinter" from a command
>> prompt.
>>
>> My USB printer's Share name HP1012
>> I enter at the C:> prompt: NET USE LPT1 \\localhost\HP1012
>>
>> This produces the message:
>>
>> "Error 3787: You must log on before performing this operation."
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> Stan Hilliard
>
>As the message says: Log off (Start / Log off), then
>log on under some user name. If you don't have an
>existing account, just type in "Stan", and remember
>the password you use.

I Logged of and logged on as you suggested. NET USE still doesn't
work.

My desktop PC does not have a network card. Could that be why this
approach to work?

Stan Hilliard