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Q150605: Cannot Print Using LPR from Windows NT to Sun Workstation LPD

Article: Q150605
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): WinNT:3.5,3.51,4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbprint kbPrinting
Last Modified: 07-SEP-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation versions 3.5, 3.51, 4.0 
- Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.5, 3.51, 4.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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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
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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:

Q150154Printing to LPR Ports and HP-UX Compatibility

STATUS
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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.
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Keywords          : kbprint kbPrinting 
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Version           : WinNT:3.5,3.51,4.0

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