Able to setup printer to use LPT1: in Win10 even though port doesn't exist but can't access LPT1?

I have Win10 x64 Pro. The system doesn't have any COM or LPT ports, yet when I look at printer properties I have all the normal LPT1- LPT3 , and COM1- COM4 . I assigned the ABS PDF Driver v400 to LPT1: presuming that attempting to write to LPT1 would redirect to that printer. Unfortunately it doesn't work. When I try to access it from the command line I get the following: copy con lpt1 Test enter The system cannot find the file specified. 0 file(s) copied. copy con lpt1: lpt1: is not a recognized device. The system cannot find the file specified. type somefile.txt lpt1: The system cannot find

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