SAMBA digest 1495

[Jesse Book Jr]

>Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 17:03:58 +0000
>From: Ralf Brinkmann <R.Brinkmann at bielefeld.netsurf.de>
>To: Samba-Mailing-Liste <samba at samba.anu.edu.au>
>Subject: Printer redirection of old DOS Software
>Message-ID: <347078FE.784CBB62 at bielefeld.netsurf.de>
>
>On our old Novell-2.2 server  we had a program called CAPTURE
>to redirekt the printer output of DOS programs to the
>network printer. (Some old DOS programs only know LPT1:)
>
>Now i am locking for a CAPTURE replacement for our new Samba server.
>
>I tested PRINDIR Version 9.0 and LPTTOFL Version 1.0 out of a 
>DOS-Box within WIN 3.11 and WIN 95.
>
>Both programs work fine with pure DOS but have timing problems
>running in a DOS Box.
>
>Has anyone an idea to solve my problem redirecting the printer
>output ?
>
>best regards
>Ralf Brinkmann

Ralf
        I to have some old DOS apps that people on my network still run.
Have you tried the "net" command that comes with windows.

ex:  net use lpt1 \\sambaserver\printer

replace your capture statements with it.  Works for me.

-= Jess =-