When we installed checkform on each computer, we selected File LPt1 (1st printer port) using a network for workstation A and workstation B. When we were unable to print checks, we reinstalled checkform and selected LPT1 (1st parallel port) for workstation A. We left workstate B unchanged. We still cannot print checks.

What happens is that we go through the complete process for printing checks. At the point where checks should print, nothing happens and the screen is back at the print checks register. The check has disappeared from the print checks register but does show in the enter transaction register.

If we stay in the print register and try to look at the entry, we get run time error 5, invalid procedure call or argument. What is wrong with the installation?

The current solution is to install Financial Navigator (and all add-on modules) into another folder that is not a sub-directory of the Program Files folder. Most commonly, this would be C:\FN.

Once you have installed FN into C:\FN, if your printer is directly connected to your computer via a parallel cable, then you should set CFN to LPT1 (1st Printer Port) when installing it. If you are trying to connect to a network printer, you will have to perform additional steps to capture of the network printer port. These steps are detailed in the post: CFN & WinXP

We are investigating the special attributes of the Program Files folder in WindowsXP Pro. If a better solution is discovered, we will update this post.

Do I first uninstall all of the FN software products and then reinstall them in C:\FN? This is where we kept our FN applications on Windows 98.

Following standard Windows procedures, you can uninstall all of the FN software products and then re-install them to C:\FN.

Do this one computer at a time. Start with the computer that is directly connected to the printer through a printer cable if applicable. This will be the easiest computer to set up for CheckForm Navigator.

Using Windows XP Pro, how do we get checks to print from both computers?

Next, I went to our second computer, computer B. I checked the printer for its name. Under properties, the only description of the printer, under any of the tabs is hplj5p. However, the description of the shared printer (not under properties) is Mmiles.

Next, I went to the "run" program and typed "command". Then I typed, net use lpt1 \\mmiles\hplj5p. It said that the command was accepted.

Then I tried to print a sample check from computer B and the program would not allow me to enter any transactions, print checks etc.

I closed FN and did a warm reboot. Before it began, it said I was still running a task. I said to end the task and then the computer rebooted.

Next, I went to the "run" program. At the prompt, I typed net use. It showed two devices. The first device is N: \\Mmiles\c. The second device, lpt1 \\hplj5p, is not available. Net use continues with "local device has a remembered connection to another network resource." (Note "N" is the drive computer B uses for shared data files on computer A.)

Is there a way to get computer B to print checks?