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Q172645: Print LU Status Remains Pending If SNAPRINT Fails

Article: Q172645
Product(s): Microsoft SNA Server
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.0,3.0 SP1
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbprint
Last Modified: 07-SEP-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft SNA Server, versions 3.0, 3.0 SP1, on platform(s):
   - the operating system: Microsoft Windows NT 
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SYMPTOMS
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In Microsoft SNA Server versions 3.0 and 3.0 Service Pack 1 (SP1), of a UNC
(universal naming convention) path for a print session is specified and the
printer is not installed on the server, Snaprint.exe fails and causes the print
session to remain in a pending state rather than returning to inactive.

CAUSE
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The Snaprint Service assumes that any printer to which it has access will have a
port name set up for it. Print Server will fail if the WinvprtStartJob() or
WinvprtOpenPrinter() fails to find the port name for the defined printer.

RESOLUTION
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The Winvprt.dll and Ppd3270.dll files have been changed. When a port name is not
detected, an error is logged and the status of the print LU returns to inactive
instead of remaining in a pending state.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SNA Server 3.0 and 3.0 Service
Pack 1 (SP1). This problem was corrected in the latest SNA Server version 3.0
U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining this Service Pack, query on the
following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

  S E R V P A C K


MORE INFORMATION
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The remote printer must exist in the domain (and be installed) or the print
session transitions to inactive without trapping.


Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbprint 
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbSNAServSearch
Version           : WINDOWS:3.0,3.0 SP1
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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