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Re: Can't print because .lnk makes printer name invalid
- From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 19:17:25 +0200
- Subject: Re: Can't print because .lnk makes printer name invalid
- References: <B774920D825C2D4880A3C1B0D6EF941805B565D5@ssdmx.ssd.fsi.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Apr 21 12:02, Rockefeller, Harry wrote:
> I can open and view the security tab on the properties section
> of the Windows share.
>
> I created a desktop shortcut to the printer and searched all
> files for *servername.lnk but only the desktop link shows up.
> I interpret this to mean that Cygwin itself is appending
> '.lnk' to the printer share.
No, the .lnk was appended by Windows. The printer shortcut on the
desktop is not the printer, it's just a shortcut. To access the printer
you need the real printer name, for instance \\server\printer. You
can't use the shortcut for this.
Corinna
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