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Number: F2TH081390U302
Subject: Windows 3.0 Not Printing File
Date: August 8, 1990
Shell Version: 3.01
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GENERAL
INFORMATION: This problem is common through all versions NetWare,
topology and hardware. The only common element is Windows
3.0 in enhanced 386 mode.
PROBLEM: When in an application (eg. WRITE), a test print is run
but the file never gets printed. After exiting Windows
and checking the relevent queue in PCONSOLE, the file is
there, waiting to be printed and has grown from 1K to
between 10 and 120K.
SOLUTION: Edit the WIN.INI file below the LPT1= line and insert:
RPT1.PRN=
Save and exit. Reload Windows, go into the configuration,
and reselect the print output to go to RPT1.PRN instead of
LPT1. This way the file is sent to DOS and printed in the
normal way, instead of the printing being handled by
Windows. This has been recommended to several sites and
seems to work well.
If you enter:
RPT1.PRN:=
the additional colon causes the file to be written to disk
as a *.PRN file and not output to the printer.
COMMENTS: This information came from Microsoft UK.
(X) This information was verified by the vendor.