WinNT 3.51 w/ CPU Maxed Prints Very Slowly to Banding Printers

Last reviewed: March 24, 1997
Article ID: Q152309

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 3.51
Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.51

SYMPTOMS

Windows NT version 3.51 does not print as efficiently as Windows NT 3.5 does to banding printers (for example, the Hewlett-Packard DeskJet & BubbleJet). Printing a single page can take 30 minutes. This only happens when an application is fully utilizing the CPU.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, use the Windows NT 3.5 PARPORT.SYS driver. You must shutdown and restart Windows NT after you replace the driver.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.51. Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.51. This problem was corrected in the latest Windows NT 3.51 U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

   S E R V P A C K

Additional query words: prodnt 3.51
Keywords : kbbug3.51 kbfix3.51.sp5 kbprint ntprint NTSrvWkst
Version : 3.51
Platform : WinNT

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Last reviewed: March 24, 1997
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