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SYMPTOMSWhen serially connected printers experience a communication break or an out of resource condition such as out of paper on Windows NT 4.0, this is not communicated back to the server through a dialog box or a pop-up message. It simply stops printing to the printer, and continues spooling the print job in the spooler until it is finished being sent from the client. The print job will now sit in the spooler until someone resolves the communication or resource problem. If the print job is restarted before the printer problem is resolved, it is possible for the spooler to think the printer problem is resolved and send the spooled up print job to the bit bucket. RESOLUTIONTo resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT 4.0 or
the individual software update. For information on obtaining the
latest service pack, please go to:
-or- http://www.microsoft.com/support/supportnet/overview/overview.asp STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT 4.0. This problem was first corrected in Windows NT version 4.0 Service Pack 5. MORE INFORMATIONThe updated code now creates a pop-up message when a communication error occurs. The user can respond to the fault when it has been resolved. If the fault is resolved but you cannot get to the server to respond, the system will automatically retry approximately every 5 seconds, and, if successful, will remove the pop-up message. Additional query words: 4.00
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