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Q185676: FEEDIGNOREINITIAL Option Not Working in Snaprint

Article: Q185676
Product(s): Microsoft SNA Server
Version(s): 3.0 SP2,3.0 SP3,4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbbuglist
Last Modified: 11-MAR-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft SNA Server, versions 3.0 SP2, 3.0 SP3, 4.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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Host print jobs that begin with an initial Form Feed ('0x0C') command cause a
blank page to be printed before the rest of the print job prints, even after you
configure the FEEDIGNOREINITIAL for the print session using SNACFG.

CAUSE
=====

SNACFG (SNA Server Command Line Configuration utility) includes support for a
FEEDIGNOREINITIAL parameter for 3270 print sessions. This parameter is designed
to suppress Form Feed commands at the beginning of host print jobs.

The Host Print service included with SNA Server was not designed to support the
FEEDIGNOREINITIAL parameter; therefore, the parameter is ignored even when it is
set to YES via SNACFG.

RESOLUTION
==========

SNA Server 3.0
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To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for SNA Server version
3.0. For additional information, please see the following article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q184307 How to Obtain the Latest SNA Server Version 3.0 Service Pack



SNA Server 4.0
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SNA Server version 4.0. This
problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for SNA Server
version 4.0. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the
following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

  S E R V P A C K

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SNA Server 3.0 SP2, 3.0 SP3, and
4.0. This problem was first corrected in SNA Server 3.0 Service Pack 4.

MORE INFORMATION
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The following is a sample trace showing a form feed present as the first byte of
data:

----------------------------------------------- 11:51:02.0859
  04020302->08120200 FMI DATA
                     NO ACK reqd Key:2 Seq:1 BCI COMMIT BBI EBI
                     BBIUI EBIUI

  ---- Header  at address 0B2E7008, 2 elements ----
  00000002 5C062C00 07010001 01005A01     <....\.,.......Z.>

  ---- Element at address 0B3126C0, start 13, end 268 ----
  0C404040 40404040 40404040 40404040     <.@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@>
  40404040 40404040 40404040 40404040     <@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@>
  40404040 40404040 40404040 40404040     <@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@>
  40404040 40404040 40404040 40404040     <@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@>
  40404040 40404040 40404040 40404040     <@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@>
  40404040 40404040 40404040 40404040     <@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@>
  40404040 40404040 40404040 40404040     <@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@>
  40404040 40404040 40404040 40404040     <@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@>
  40404040 40404040 40404040 40404040     <@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@>
  40404040 40404040 40404040 40404040     <@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@>
  40404040 40404040 40404040 40404040     <@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@>
  40404040 40404040 40404040 40404040     <@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@>
  60606060 60606060 60606060 60606060     <````````````````>
  60606060 60606060 60606060 60606060     <````````````````>
  60606060 60606060 60606060 60606060     <````````````````>
  60606060 60606060 60606060 60606060     <````````````````>

  ---- Element at address 0B312D98, start 13, end 71 ----
  60606060 60606060 60606060 60151515     <`````````````...>
  15151515 15151515 15151515 15151515     <................>
  15151515 15151515 15151515 15151515     <................>
  15151515 15151515 151515                <...........     >

The following is the command-line option to set the FEEDIGNOREINITIAL option:

  snacfg [#configpath] printsession3270 printsession3270name
  /Feedignoreinitial:{ yes | no }

For more information about the snacfg command line, click SNA Server Help Topics
on the Help menu from SNA Server Manager, and type the following text:

  snacfg

Double-click the selected text to go to the Help topic.


Additional query words: snaprintservice

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Keywords          :  kbbuglist
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbSNAServSearch kbSNAServ400 kbSNAServ300SP3 kbSNAServ300SP2
Version           : :3.0 SP2,3.0 SP3,4.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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