Error 172 Peripheral Error

[Bert Weusten]

Using HTBasic 2021
After changing the printer at USB002
our test program runs into an Error 172 at a line sending data to the printer at ICS26 the LPT1 port.

It had been working before so the program code is OK.

Wath setting are we missing?

Thanks for your help

[RalphW]

Did you update the printer name mapping in the “net use” command to the new printer?

net use lpt1: /delete
net use lpt1: \<em>printserver\new-printer-name</em> /persistent:yes

If you are running on Windows 11, make sure you are running HTBasic version 17 or later.

[RalphW]

net use lpt1: /delete
net use lpt1: \printserver\new-printer-name /persistent:yes

[Bert Weusten]

Thank you Ralph for the fast reply.
I followed you instructions and now everything works again.
In Windows 11 (version 17) with the app “Terminal” I entered “net use”, this showed the line:
Status Local Remote Network
—————————————————————–
Disconnected LPT1 \\mstucc1\HPLJM507 Microsoft Windows Network
The command completed successfully.

Then I entered your lines:
net use lpt1: /delete
net use lpt1: \\mstucc1\HPLJM507 /persistent:yes

after this net use showed:
Status Local Remote Network
—————————————————————–
OK LPT1 \\mstucc1\HPLJM507 Microsoft Windows Network
The command completed successfully.

“mstucc1” is our computer name and HPLJM507 is the shared printer name.
In the printer setup you have to share the printer and give it a shared name.

again thank you for the very fast reply.
Regards
Bert

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