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Q156497: Duplicate Print Output on PC-LAN Server from Windows 95 Client

Article: Q156497
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): 
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbnetwork kbpolicy kbprint win95 kbPrintingkbfixlist
Last Modified: 25-MAR-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows 95 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you print from a Windows 95 workstation to a shared printer on an IBM
PC-LAN (PCLP) peer print server, print jobs may randomly be printed twice.

CAUSE
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When you print to SMB-based servers that use the Core SMB dialect, the Microsoft
Client for Microsoft Networks (VRedir) does not correctly initialize the Spool
Header Size and Spool Mode fields in the Open Spool File SMB command. Although
other networking products (including Microsoft's) ignore these fields, the IBM
PC-LAN peer print server uses the values in these fields as described in the SMB
specifications. When these fields are not correctly initialized, the PC-LAN
print server may randomly print the submitted job twice.

This symptom does not occur when you print from Windows NT workstations, or when
you are using the Windows 95 real-mode client (Net.exe) to connect to the PC-LAN
peer print server.

RESOLUTION
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STATUS
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This problem no longer occurs in Windows 98. To resolve this problem, install
the current version of Windows. For information about the current version of
Windows, visit http://www.microsoft.com/windows.

MORE INFORMATION
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Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbnetwork kbpolicy kbprint win95 kbPrinting kbfixlist
Technology        : kbWin95search kbZNotKeyword3
Version           : :
Issue type        : kbprb

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