PostScript Printer Skips Blank Pages When Printing

ID: Q153461

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 95

SYMPTOMS

When you print to a PostScript printer, blank pages may not be printed. If you try to print a 3-page document with one blank page, only the two pages that are not blank may be printed.

CAUSE

This behavior is caused by a problem with the Windows 95 PostScript printer driver.

RESOLUTION

To work around this problem, use either of the following methods:

Insert text on a page that you want to be blank, and then format the color of that text to be white.

Install the Windows 3.x PostScript driver. For information about using Windows 3.x drivers in Windows 95, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q132946 How to Install Windows 3.1 Drivers in Windows 95
NOTE: Windows 3.x printer drivers cannot take advantage of some of the printing enhancements in Windows 95.

This issue is resolved by the following updated file for Windows 95 and OSR2, and later versions of this file:


   PSCRIPT.DRV  version 4.00.952  dated 7/8/96  393,312 bytes

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Windows 95 and OEM Service Release 2 (OSR2). An update to address this problem is now available, but is not fully regression tested and should be applied only to computers experiencing this specific problem. Unless you are severely impacted by this specific problem, Microsoft does not recommend implementing this update at this time. Contact Microsoft Technical Support for additional information about the availability of this update.

This issue is resolved in Microsoft Windows 98.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about Windows 95 updates, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q161020 Implementing Windows 95 Updates

Additional query words: duplex word word97 winword

Keywords : kbpolicy kbprint win95
Version : WINDOWS:95
Platform : WINDOWS
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