I just replaced a WinXP laptop with a WinVista laptop. I was able to
print from DOS programs to a network printer on the XP machine via
'redirecting' LPT1 via the command

NET USE LPT1 \\servername\printername password /user:username

Using the same script on the new Vista laptop, however, gives me the

System error 66 has occurred
The network resource type is not correct

response. This occurs regardless of whether I precede the correct
command with a precautionary 'delete'

NET USE LPT1 /delete

Any thoughts? Web based research turned up several dead ends.

Thanks,

Jim