PRINT.EXE Command Fails on Eleventh Try From Batch File

 Last reviewed: March 21, 1997
Article ID: Q131470
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation versions 3.5 and 3.51
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.5 and 3.51
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

When you run a batch job with more than ten PRINT commands, the following error message appears the eleventh time Windows NT attempts to print: 

   Unable to initialize device lpt1
Only ten jobs are queued to print.

The repeated command in the batch file is: 

   PRINT /D:LPT1 C:\FILENAME.TXT
If you connect to a shared printer, this problem does not occur.

WORKAROUND

Select "Share this printer on the network" in the Create Printer or Printer Properties dialog box for your printer.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT Workstation and Server versions 3.5, 3.51, and 4.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: prodnt print manager
Keywords : kbbug3.50 kbbug3.51 kbprint ntprint NTSrvWkst
Version : 3.5 3.51 4.0
Platform : WinNT

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Last reviewed: March 21, 1997
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