Local printer access question..
Rick Rankin
rick_rankin@yahoo.com
Mon Jul 28 10:06:00 GMT 2003
Try setting your PRINTER environment variable to LPT1 or LPT2, whichever is
appropriate.
--Rick
--- Ishwar Rattan <ishwar@pali.cps.cmich.edu> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am using cygwin (dll 1.3.22) under Windows 2K Pro.
>
> An attempt to use lpr results in:
>
> lpr: can't open 'prn' for writing
> lpr: The printer name is invalid
>
> Is there a way to access the printer (Deskjet 694C on parallel
> port)??
>
> Thanks in advance.
> -ishwar
>
>
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