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Re: Problems with Windows LPR Spooler with NT 4.0

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ben Cook)
Mon Oct 26 16:42:28 1998

Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 16:42:29 -0500
To: Wael@MIT.EDU, winnt@MIT.EDU, jmhunt@MIT.EDU
From: Ben Cook <bcook@MIT.EDU>

Printer name is in lower case -any other suggestions?
Thanks,
Ben


At 02:43 PM 10/26/98 -0400, you wrote:
>
>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
>>
>>>X-Sender: bcook@po9.mit.edu
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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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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