Extra Form Feed with Passthrough Functions to Text Only Driver

 Last reviewed: May 19, 1997
Article ID: Q162616
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation versions 3.51 and 4.0
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.51 and 4.0

SUMMARY

When you send printer escape information in a print stream to a Windows NT Generic Text Only driver, additional form feed may occur after the job has been completed.

MORE INFORMATION

The raster unidriver, RASDD, automatically appends a form feed to all jobs to ensure that the data gets sent to the printer. If an application developer uses the Escape or ExtEscape function, and includes all of the necessary sequences to print the page, an additional FormFeed or EjectPage will force another page to be printed. For additional information on the functions mentioned, please consult the Win32 SDK documentation.

NOTE: This fix only pertains to the Generic/Text Only driver

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT versions 3.51 and 4.0. This problem was corrected in the latest Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 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 formfeed form feed
Keywords : kbbug3.51 kbbug4.00 kbfix3.51 kbfix4.00 kbfix4.00.sp3 kbprint ntprint NTSrvWkst kbbuglist kbfixlist
Version : 3.51 4.0
Platform : WinNT
Issue type : kbbug
Resolution Type : kbservicepack

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Last reviewed: May 19, 1997
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