Event ID 2005: LPR Print Monitor Failed To Open A Temporary File...Protected

• Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

When you use the line printing utility (LPR) to set up a line printer and then try to print a document, you may receive the following error message in Event Viewer:

Event ID: 2005
Description: LPR print monitor failed to open a temporary file while spooling output to port ip address: the system may be low on disk space or the Spool directory is write-protected.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, grant Change permission to the Domain Users group for the Spool folder:

1. Right-click the Spool folder, and then click Sharing.



2. Click Shared As.



3. Click Permissions, and then click Add.



4. In the List Names From box, click the name of the appropriate domain or computer.



5. In the Names box, click Domain Users, and then click Add.



6. In the Type Of Access box, click Change.



7. Click OK, click OK, and then click OK.

Additional query words:

Keywords :
Version : winnt:4.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbprb