Here is my solution to send print from RSCS to a Windows printer named: 'eSCRIP-SAFE Printer on https://xxxxx.xxx-xxxx.us/printers/default'
I have determined the the real printer name on Windows is "eSCRIP-SAFE Printer" and does not include the URL that it is printing to. I have also determined that RSCS truncates the PRINTER= name at the first space. It doesn't matter whether the printer name is enclosed in single quotes: PRINTER='ESCRIP-SAFE Printer' This is correct according to Alan Altmark who wrote to me: "However, using blanks in LPR queue names violates RFC 1179 (LPR), since blanks are significant to the protocol for 'query' and 'remove' functions." The vendor and I have tried to change the .inf file for installation to not have an embedded space. It seemes that Windows XP SP2 is adding the word "Printer" to the name. So my solution is to use a third party LPD program called RPM (Remote Print Manager) from Brooks Internet Software: http://www.brooksnet.com/ This LPD server allows me to use my own name for the receiving queue so I chose TRANSCRIPT. RPM then prints to any Windows printer no matter how it is named. /Fran Hensler at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania USA for 43 years [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1.724.738.2153 "Yes, Virginia, there is a Slippery Rock" -------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 11:54:31 EST Fran Hensler said: >I have set up an RSCS LPR link that prints to a Hummingbird LPD >server on a PC. The PRINTER name has no spaces and is 27 characters. >This is working just fine. > >Now I want to do the same thing but the printer name has embedded >spaces. When I click on properties for the printer I do not get an >option to rename the printer. It is a network printer. > >I enclosed the printer name in single quotes but I get a NAK when I >try to print to it. >PRINTER='eSCRIP-SAFE Printer on https://xxxxx.xxx-xxxx.us/printers/default' > >Does anyone know how I could either rename this printer to remove >spaces or how to make RSCS print to printer name with embedded >spaces. > >/Fran Hensler at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania USA for 43 years > [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1.724.738.2153 > "Yes, Virginia, there is a Slippery Rock"
