So you buy a new printer. Chances are, it is a USB interfaced printer. Another thing you may not have realized is that one of your legacy applications only supports LPT printing. Here’s a trick to still use your shiny new USB printer with your legacy application.
- Install the printer as instructed in the manual that accompanied it
- Share the printer
- Verify the printer is shared
net share
- Map the Printer to LPT1
net use LPT1 \\localhost\PrinterName /persistent:yes