Step 1: Create a bogus printer on any server that has the target printer defined.

• Click Start/Settings/Printers.
• Double-click Add Printer.
• Add a networked printer named "Bogus Printer" (or whatever), Temporarily assign it to a free LPT port.
• Share the printer as "BogusPri" (or whatever).
• Complete the process using the driver for the actual target printer.
• Right-click the new printer and click Properties.
• Click the Ports tab.
• Find the IP port for the printer you need to print to. You should already see that the working printer is
• using that port.
• Check the box next to the IP port.
• Click OK.

Step 2: Create a bogus printer on the workstation. (This must be done for each workstation that needs to use the printer.)

• Follow the same steps as above, but this time, make it a local, non-shared printer.
• Use the driver for the actual target printer.
• For the printer name, use the \\servername\printername format. Use the shared printer name you created above.
• Check the box next to the IP port.
• Finish the process and click OK.
• Step 3: (For Win2000 users. Win 95/98 users, see below.) Create a User Environment Variable (This must be done for each workstation that needs to use the printer.)
• Click Start/Settings/Control Panel.
• Double-click System.
• Click the Advanced tab.
• Click the New button.
• In the Variable Name field, enter "LPTx" (where "x" is the port number you want to use.)
• In the Variable Value field, enter \\servername\printername using the shared printer name you created above.
• Click the Ok button until you're back at the Desktop.
  

Step 3: (For Win 95/98 users. Win2K users, skip this step.) Create an environment variable in AUTOEXEC.BAT.

• Edit AUTOEXEC.BAT.
• Add a line that reads: SET LPTx=\\servername\printername using the shared printer name you created above. (Where "x" is the port number you want to use.)
• Save your changes and reboot.
  

Step 4: Set up the printer in CompuVend.

• From the CompuVend Main Menu, press F8.
• Select #3,
• Select #1, Add/Change/Delete a Printer Definition.
• Describe the printer any way you want, but enter LPTx (see the definition of "x", above) for the Printer Port.
• Save the record.
• Press <Esc> twice.
• Repeat the last 4 steps for #5, User Printer Definitions, if User definitions are used.

FYI: This effectively uses the server as a "router" for the printer on the network node.