RE: Can't print because .lnk makes printer name invalid

["Rockefeller, Harry" <harryr at ssd dot fsi dot com>]

I erased much of the previous email.
Here is the context:

$ lpq -Sntserver1 -Psw-txt1

                         Windows 2000 LPD Server
                              Printer \\192.83.227.33\sw-txt1

Owner       Status         Jobname          Job-Id    Size   Pages
Priority
------------------------------------------------------------------------
----


harryr@harryr-pc ~/Desktop
$ echo $PRINTER
\\NTSERVER1\sw-txt1

harryr@harryr-pc ~/Desktop
$ lpr junk
lpr: printer error: can't open '\\NTSERVER1\sw-txt1.lnk' for writing:
The printer name is invalid. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com 
> [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Corinna Vinschen
> Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 12:17 PM
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: Re: Can't print because .lnk makes printer name invalid
> 
> 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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