Re: -r lptport:LPT3:=/dev/printers/0 maps local drive and not printer

Tobias Abt <[email protected]> Sat, 25 Sep 2010 01:35:15 +0200

Newsgroups	gmane.network.rdesktop.user
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

Hi Andreas!

Am 24.09.2010 09:00, schrieb [email protected]:
> Hello,
> 
> I would like to print to a local printer from a DOS application that  
> runs on our 2003R2 terminal server. I passed the parameter
> 
> -r lptport:LPT3:=/dev/printers/0

Why this ":"?    ^

Please try it like that:
-r lptport:LPT3=/dev/printers/0

> to rdekstop.
> In the cmdline on the TS net use now shows me
> 
>      L:    \\TSCLIENT\LPT3
> 
> Why does it connect the printer to the drive L ?
> Is this the L of LPT3 ?

No, I would think that the extra ":" messes up the argument handling.

Bye,
  Tobias


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