Default Printer Form Lost Connecting 3.51 Client to 3.5 Server

- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 3.51 - Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.5

SYMPTOMS

When you use the Connect To option in Print Manager to connect from a Windows NT 3.51 Workstation to a Windows NT 3.5 server, you lose your default form settings. Applications such as Notepad or Write do not keep default form settings and have to be set manually for every print job.

A Windows NT 3.51 Workstation connecting to a Windows NT 3.51 Server does not have this problem.

WORKAROUND

Use one of the following procedures to work around the problem:

• Upgrade the print server to Windows NT 3.51.

  -or-

• Create a local printer that is redirected to the Windows NT 3.5 print server by:

        1. Choose Create Printer from the Printer menu in Print Manager to
           create a printer locally.
  
        2. Copy the drivers to the local hard drive.
  
        3. Choose Properties from the Printer menu.
  
        4. Choose Other... from the Print To list box.
  
        5. Select Local Port in the Print Destinations dialog box.
  
        6. Choose the OK button.
  
        7. Enter "\\<server_name>\<printer_name>".
  
  

STATUS

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