Issue relating to net use command on Windows NT

[TomKane]

Hello,

We have an issue relating to 'net use' on Windows NT ver 4, SP 4 and would be grateful for any advice you may have on the matter.

We have a DOS application that has a particular program that automatically prints a report straight to the printer without the option of saving to a file.

We know that we can set up a dummy printer in the control panel and then do a net use command so that the report is captured to a file, the command we use is as follows :

NET USE LPT1: /DELETE
NET USE LPT1: \\computername\generict

It works OK on my computer as my computer name is 10 characters. The computer on which this solution is intended for is about 16 characters in length - so we get the following error :

System error 67 has occurred.

The network name cannot be found.

The computer name can not be shortened due to a standard naming convention within the company.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks.

 

[johncurtis]

Unfortunately net use will only work for a computername of 1 to 15 characters. If you want to use it you'll have to shorten the name. Sorry.
John

 

[greg013]

Try replacing servername with the IP address in the net use command.