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- DOCUMENT:Q102792 27-AUG-1993 [W_NT]
- TITLE :Can't Print to an HP Network Printer Using DLC
- PRODUCT :Windows NT
- PROD/VER:3.10
- OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
- KEYWORDS:
-
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- The information in this article applies to:
-
- - Microsoft Windows NT operating system, version 3.1
- - Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server, version 3.1
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-
- SYMPTOMS
- ========
-
- If you are connected directly to a Hewlett-Packard (HP) network
- printer using Data Link Control (DLC), you may not be able to print if
- another workstation is connected to the same printer and it is
- configured to use Continuous Timers.
-
- CAUSE
- =====
-
- If a workstation is connected to an HP network printer and is using
- Continuous as the Timer, it will not relinquish the printer after
- printing and other workstations cannot print even though they are
- connected.
-
- RESOLUTION
- ==========
-
- To work around this problem, follow the procedure below for each
- workstation connected to the HP network printer:
-
- 1. Start Print Manager and select the network printer.
-
- 2. Select Printer Properties. In the Hewlett-Packard Network Peripheral
- Port dialog box, select Timers.
-
- 3. Change the setting to Job Based instead of Continuous. The default
- is Continuous with 60 sec Time Interval.
-
- MORE INFORMATION
- ================
-
- The Job Based option breaks the connection between available
- workstations and the printer after each job. This allows several
- workstations on the network to use the HPMON.DLL printer driver to
- print directly to a network-connected peripheral.
-
- The Continuous option does not break the connection between the server
- and the printer. It is possible to set up a Print Server so that
- workstations that want to print to the DLC printer must use the shared
- printer defined on the server. This allows the network administrator
- to maintain one workstation as a print server so that other
- workstations do not have to have the HPMON.DLL printer driver
- installed.
-
- NOTE: On a single LAN, only one of these methods should be used. If
- one workstation is configured for Job Based (as is the HP Monitor
- utility for Windows for Workgroups), while another workstation is
- configured for Continuous, the workstation using the Job Based
- configuration will be unable to print after the workstation using
- Continuous has printed.
- Additional reference words: 3.10
- KBCategory:
- KBSubcategory: prt netsrv
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