dos printer capture on Windows XP

I have a client that is running an old database application on Btrieve.

It was set up originally on Netware 3.12 with DOS clients, and has been
ported to Netware 4.11 with Windows 98 clients.

The Netware 4.11 server is on the way out (old age) and we have it running
on a Netware 5.1 server with Pervasive 2000. We are getting performance
issues with Windows 98 clients but performance is excellent with Windows XP
clients except for one very significant problem, printing.

The application uses captured printers and I can find no way that works to
do this in Windows XP, even with the new client 4.91 SP 3.

When I print in the application, I get an error (error 8832h in
VLM_PrintRedirCancel), which, of course, is not found in the knowledgebase.

I tried the Microsoft-suggested net use command, and, once I figured out
the syntax errors in their instructions, I captured the printer but it
still did not work.

The printer in question is on a Windows 98 machine.

All mapping is done apparently with a Netware 3.12 script which I can't
access to change or correct or add mapped printers (no Netware 3.12 on the
system and I have no way of using syscon to access the bindery object).

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Martin Fries