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Date:	Wed, 30 Jan 2002 23:02:28 PST7
From:	Sheridan George <s-geo@usa.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: Cable/DSL Router

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Steven Levine wrote:
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> In <1012440814-0-Info@SYNass.NET>, on 01/30/02
> at 11:33 AM, "Info 4 SYNass.NET" said:
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> >LPT1 normally is the local printer on the system's parallel port !
>
> >With an ABR, does this mean, that this is for only one wireless connected
> >printer using LPT1 ???
>
> A printer can have several different names.
>
> - HPLaserJ - the printer object name
> - LPT1 - the port the printer is attached to
> - lp - the name the BR gives the printer
> - lpt1 - the name the ABR gives the printer
> - \pipe\lpd0 - the pipe assocated with the printer
>
> So context is important. The printer name you specify in a certain
> command has to match what the command is expecting. Sometimes, even case
> is important.
>
> Does that answer your question?
>
> Steven

As Steven pointed out context is important.

Port LPT1 and \pipe\lpd0 lpt1 are not the same.

If you choose LPT1 as the port in the printer object, the data will go to the parallel port on the
local machine.

If you choose \pipe\lpd0 as the port and use the IP address of an ABR it expects to see lpt1 as the
name of the printer. If you use the IP address of a BR is expects to see lp as the printer name. If
you use the IP address of a Linksys EPSX3 PrintServer it expects to see either L1, L2, or L3 as the
printer name to choose between one of the three printer ports it has.

Sheridan

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