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- DOCUMENT:Q105092 04-NOV-1993 [W_NT]
- TITLE :No Default Printer Selection in Printer Pool
- PRODUCT :Windows NT
- PROD/VER:3.10
- OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
- KEYWORDS:buglist3.10
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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
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- You cannot select a default printer when you set up a printer pool.
-
- For example, suppose you want to set a local printer on LPT1 as the
- printer to which the first job into the printer pool will be printed.
- To do this, you specify LPT1 in the Print To option of the Printer
- Properties dialog box in Print Manager. Then you choose two other
- printer ports in the Print To Additional Ports option of the Printer
- Details dialog box. Accept the choices, and close the Printer
- Properties dialog box. When you reopen Printer Properties, LPT1 will
- no longer be the selected printer in the Print To option. You will not
- be able to direct the first print job to LPT1 by default.
-
- CAUSE
- =====
-
- No functionality was built-in to the Windows NT Print Manager that
- allows you to select a default or primary port in the printer pool.
- The Windows NT Print Manager selects printer ports according its own
- internal algorithm. Print jobs are sent to these ports on a rotational
- basis depending on how many print jobs are queued in the print
- spooler.
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- MORE INFORMATION
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- Steps to Reproduce Problem
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- 1. Create a printer in the Print Manager.
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- 2. Select Printer Properties and assign LPT1 to the Print To port.
-
- 3. Choose the Details option.
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- 4. Choose at least two other ports in the Print to Additional Ports
- option of the Printer Details dialog box.
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- 5. Accept these setting and close the Printer Properties dialog box.
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- 6. When you reopen Printer Properties, LPT1 no longer appears in the
- Print To option.
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- Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.1
- and Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1. We are
- researching this problem and will post new information here in the
- Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
-
- Additional reference words: 3.10
- KBCategory:
- KBSubCategory: prt
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