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Share Receipt Printer
Click Start>Printers and Faxes
Right click the receipt printer and select printer properties
Click the sharing tab, input a short name for the printer, IE star and I.E. "star", select Apply and OK.
Create Script
Click Start and right click My Computer and select Properties
Select the tab called Computer Name
Click Change
Copy the Computer name listed here.
Click cancel to close.
Open notepad and paste the following into a blank document and then replace COMPUTERNAME with the actual computer name you just copied by pasting it. Also delete PRINTERSHARENAME and replace it with the short name you chose for the printer. Go to File>Save As, choose "Save as type:" All files and name this document star.bat and save it under My Documents. Close the document.
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