PRB: Unable to Print to LPT1: Under Windows NT on Motorola

 Last reviewed: March 26, 1997
Article ID: Q140475
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 3.51
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.51
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0

SUMMARY

Under Windows NT on some early models of the Motorola PowerPC, printing to the built-in LPT1: port does not work properly.

An early manufacturing run of the Motorola PowerPC machines had a defect on the system board that affected the built-in LPT port. Printing to network printers is not affected.

RESOLUTION

Contact Motorola costumer support at (800) 551-1017 for additional information.

MORE INFORMATION

The system board problem is on revision 01-W3107F02G. It is the G revision at the end that is the problem. Use system diagnostics to determine the revision number of your board.

The symptoms of this problem appear differently. On advanced language laser printers, such as PostScript and PCL, the data light will turn on and the printer will appear to be busy, but nothing ever prints. On dot matrix printers, the printout shows random ASCII characters.

Additional query words:
Keywords : kb3rdparty kbprint ntprint NTSrvWkst
Version : 3.51 4.0
Platform : WinNT
Issue type : kbprb

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Last reviewed: March 26, 1997
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