Cannot Print Using LPR from Windows NT to Sun Workstation LPD (150605)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
This article was previously published under Q150605 SYMPTOMS
When you're using the line printer remote (LPR) utility to print from
Windows NT to a line printer dameon (LPD) printer on a Sun workstation, the
job may spool out of the Print Manager on the NT Server but not print.
A message may be returned indicating that the print job could not be
printed.
CAUSE
This problem occurs if the Sun computer is running Solaris, which does not
run an RFC1179-compliant LPD; Solaris runs LPSCHED, which does not conform
to RFC1179.
LPSCHED requires that the data file be sent first and the control file
second. This mode is described as desirable but optional under RFC1179, and
NT doesn't send this way. NT sends the control file first and the data file
second, a mode that every LPD service must be capable of to be RFC1179
compliant.
For more information, please see the following article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:
150154Printing to LPR Ports and HP-UX Compatibility
STATUS
You can obtain a fix to this problem by calling Sun Microsystems Technical
Support at (800) 872-4786. The patch ID number is 101959-04 or later.
The products described here are manufactured by Sun Microsystems, Inc., a
vendor independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise,
regarding these products' performance or reliability.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 5/14/2003 |
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| Keywords: | kbprint KB150605 |
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