[244] in winnt
Re: Problems with Windows LPR Spooler with NT 4.0
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Wael Hishmeh)
Mon Oct 26 14:42:34 1998
In-Reply-To: <3.0.2.32.19981026135330.00a38e20@hesiod>
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 14:43:46 -0400
To: Jonathan McIndoe Hunt <jmhunt@MIT.EDU>
From: Wael Hishmeh <Wael@MIT.EDU>
Cc: winnt@MIT.EDU, bcook@MIT.EDU, dept-comp@MIT.EDU, installers@MIT.EDU
It might be that the printer name is entered in CAP's.
Wael
At 1:53 PM -0500 10/26/98, Jonathan McIndoe Hunt wrote:
>Any ideas on this...i remember running into this problem before, but I
>don't know if there was ever any resolution.
>
>-Jonathan Hunt
>
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>>Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 08:01:46 -0500
>>To: winnt@MIT.EDU
>>From: Ben Cook <bcook@MIT.EDU>
>>Subject: Problems with Windows LPR Spooler with NT 4.0
>>
>>Hi - I've just installed Windows LPR Spooler and am having some problems:
>>Although I can print once successfully to an Athena printer, after the first
>>print job when a second job is sent out immediately (within a couple of
>>minutes of the first) I get an error that disables the local queue. When
>>I try to check on the error (using "Show last error ...") I get the
>>following error message: "KWLPR2.DLL error: Requested service not supported
>>by server or network exception occurred." Similarly, I get the same error
>>message when I try to check on the remote printer status (regardless of
>>whether I've cleared the error flag).
>>
>>It turns out that it if I clear the flag and wait five or so minutes, the
>>problem self-corrects, and I can print another job or check on the remote
>>printer status. However, after printing the next job, another error will
>>occur and the queue will be disabled again for another 5 minutes or so.
>>
>>Here's my setup:
>>
>>NT 4.0 with Service Pack 3
>>
>>LPR Spooler Version 4.2a with queue configured as per instructions on-line at
>>http://web.mit.edu/helpdesk/LPRSpool/lprNT.html
>>
>>Printer set up with Apple LaserWriter v23.0 with datatype RAW
>>Postscript Options set to no job control code; no CRTL-D before or after
>>each job
>>
>>
>>Many thanks in advance for your help,
>>
>>Ben Cook
>>
>>
>>
>>
