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Hello everybody

In short: my company still uses old-fashioned MS-DOS
accounting software which can only print to local ports.
All company printers are connected through stand-alone
print servers. Up to now port redirection worked just
fine, with command line
net use lpt2: \\ps_1\p2 /persistent:yes
where "ps_1" is print server 1 and "p2" is port 2.
After upgrade to Win XP execution of this command line
generates the following message:
System error 66
The network resource type is not correct
This affects XPSP1 machines as well as XPSP2. NT4, W2K and
other work just fine.
Anyone knows how to overcome this?

Regards
Emi

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax (More info?)

what network protocols are loaded by \\ps_1?

if the system cannot establish a connection to the print server you will get
this error


D:\>net use lpt2: \\noserver\noprinter
System error 66 has occurred.

The network resource type is not correct.


--
Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
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"Emi Emizerp" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:076401c49198$882ccb30$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> Hello everybody
>
> In short: my company still uses old-fashioned MS-DOS
> accounting software which can only print to local ports.
> All company printers are connected through stand-alone
> print servers. Up to now port redirection worked just
> fine, with command line
> net use lpt2: \\ps_1\p2 /persistent:yes
> where "ps_1" is print server 1 and "p2" is port 2.
> After upgrade to Win XP execution of this command line
> generates the following message:
> System error 66
> The network resource type is not correct
> This affects XPSP1 machines as well as XPSP2. NT4, W2K and
> other work just fine.
> Anyone knows how to overcome this?
>
> Regards
> Emi

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax (More info?)

TCP/IP only. We have 3 print servers with static IP
addresses 192.168.1.21, *.22 and *.23.
I would just like to repeat once again. W2K and NT4
computers use these print servers in the described
fashion for years now. XP computers (some SP1, some SP2)
cannot.
What is different in TCP/IP implementation on WinXP that
can cause this behaviour?

Thnx
Emi


>-----Original Message-----
>what network protocols are loaded by \\ps_1?
>
>if the system cannot establish a connection to the print
server you will get
>this error
>
>
>D:\>net use lpt2: \\noserver\noprinter
>System error 66 has occurred.
>
>The network resource type is not correct.
>
>
>--
>Alan Morris
>Windows Printing Team
>Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;
[ln];kbhowto
>
>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights.
>
>"Emi Emizerp" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote in message
>news:076401c49198$882ccb30$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>> Hello everybody
>>
>> In short: my company still uses old-fashioned MS-DOS
>> accounting software which can only print to local
ports.
>> All company printers are connected through stand-alone
>> print servers. Up to now port redirection worked just
>> fine, with command line
>> net use lpt2: \\ps_1\p2 /persistent:yes
>> where "ps_1" is print server 1 and "p2" is port 2.
>> After upgrade to Win XP execution of this command line
>> generates the following message:
>> System error 66
>> The network resource type is not correct
>> This affects XPSP1 machines as well as XPSP2. NT4, W2K
and
>> other work just fine.
>> Anyone knows how to overcome this?
>>
>> Regards
>> Emi
>
>
>.
>

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax (More info?)

No clue. Have you asked this question in a network group?

--
Alan Morris
Windows Printing Team
Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto

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"Emi Emizerp" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:61c301c492df$4a1ddd50$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>
> TCP/IP only. We have 3 print servers with static IP
> addresses 192.168.1.21, *.22 and *.23.
> I would just like to repeat once again. W2K and NT4
> computers use these print servers in the described
> fashion for years now. XP computers (some SP1, some SP2)
> cannot.
> What is different in TCP/IP implementation on WinXP that
> can cause this behaviour?
>
> Thnx
> Emi
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >what network protocols are loaded by \\ps_1?
> >
> >if the system cannot establish a connection to the print
> server you will get
> >this error
> >
> >
> >D:\>net use lpt2: \\noserver\noprinter
> >System error 66 has occurred.
> >
> >The network resource type is not correct.
> >
> >
> >--
> >Alan Morris
> >Windows Printing Team
> >Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base here:
> >http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;
> [ln];kbhowto
> >
> >This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
> confers no rights.
> >
> >"Emi Emizerp" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote in message
> >news:076401c49198$882ccb30$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> >> Hello everybody
> >>
> >> In short: my company still uses old-fashioned MS-DOS
> >> accounting software which can only print to local
> ports.
> >> All company printers are connected through stand-alone
> >> print servers. Up to now port redirection worked just
> >> fine, with command line
> >> net use lpt2: \\ps_1\p2 /persistent:yes
> >> where "ps_1" is print server 1 and "p2" is port 2.
> >> After upgrade to Win XP execution of this command line
> >> generates the following message:
> >> System error 66
> >> The network resource type is not correct
> >> This affects XPSP1 machines as well as XPSP2. NT4, W2K
> and
> >> other work just fine.
> >> Anyone knows how to overcome this?
> >>
> >> Regards
> >> Emi
> >
> >
> >.
> >