LPR Postscript Clients Printing to LPD Server

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.51

SYMPTOMS

When a Non Microsoft LPR client prints a Postscript job to a print queue on a Windows NT Server running the LPD Service, the output is Postscript code instead of the desired formatted output.

CAUSE

The LPR Client is not sending the correct control code to the Windows NT LPD Server as defined in RFC1179. For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q124735
   TITLE     : How Windows NT LPD Server Implements LPR Control Characters

RESOLUTION

If configuring the LPR client is not possible, create a print queue using the Generic / Text Only driver and direct the output of the queue to the Postscript printer. This will pass the job through to the Postscript printer unaltered, except for added carriage returns which Postscript ignores, and the printer will format the document properly. This queue will only work correctly when sending Postscript jobs.

For additional information, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q124735
   TITLE     : How Windows NT LPD Server Implements LPR Control Characters

   ARTICLE-ID: Q132460
   TITLE     : Troubleshooting Windows NT Print Server Alteration of Print
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