Hi,

The simple solution is to leave the Dot Matrix connected to the existing
computer and Share it.
For Dos to be able to see the Printer you will have to Map a LPT port Number
to it just as if you
had it directly connected to the other printer X number of feet away.

Unless you planned on using the HP with the DOS program you wouldn't need to
set up an LPT port,
since Win9x can see printers with the UNC(universal naming convention)
sharename.

Also, be sure that you set it up so the LPT port Mapping is automattically
mapped upon login, thus saving
the user the hassle of mapping the printer themselves.


--Patrick Black
Just watch I'll be CCNA and A+ certified before you can say Blue Screen of
Death.

-----Original Message-----
From: Wayne Harris <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Friday, January 28, 2000 8:01 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Network with 2 different printers


>        I hope there is an answer out there for this rather simple (I hope
>it
>is) problem. I am the Network Administrator for a French-Canadian Genealogy
>club and I have set up a rather simple system, consisting of different
types
>of computers. I think I have it running fairly smoothly under Win95. The
>problem is I have 2 printers that they need to use for 2 different reasons.
>There is an HP printer connected to a research computer, that I have shared
>to another computer, for the purposes of printing info from their various
>Win95 programs that they need to print out. The other printer is an old
>Dot-Matrix printer which is used for cards and labels and which is used
from
>a DOS program called Q & A, which I believe is a database program.
>    My problem and question is, is there a way to print to both printers
>(not at the same time) without the people shutting off the connection from
>the research computer (effectively cutting off the HP printer access) and
to
>always have access to the Dot Matrix printer? The Dot Matrix printer is
>connected physically to the second computer and is not shared. I would like
>to set up a permanent solution so they can just print the stuff to whatever
>printer they need automatically, and not have to disconnect anything to do
>it.  Thanks
>

>
>

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