I have an Epson TM-T88V network printer. I can print to it using the printer driver. But I need to copy a "print file" to the printer using the command line, and this causes problems.
I cannot use
copy file.prn {ip-address}
Because this will simply copy the file to a new file with the name of the ip address.
I have seen various suggestions… that do not seem to work:
copy file.prn \\{ip-address}
The specified path is invalid
This one too failed me:
NET USE LPT1: \\{ip-address}\{printer-name}
System error 66 has occurred.
The network resource type is not correct.
Trying to ftp the file over failed, too. (Could not open a connection.)
Any ideas how to go about this?
Best Answer
Use Microsoft's
lpr
clientThis works with JetDirect and similar boxes/adapters as well as Unix/Linux and Windows servers that have the LPD service enabled.