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- DOCUMENT:Q107207 24-NOV-1993 [W_NT]
- TITLE :Local MS-DOS Printing Allowed to Single Parallel Port Only
- 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
- ========
-
- With machines with more than one parallel port, all printing attempts to
- ports other than LPT1 results in the output always going to LPT1.
-
- RESOLUTION
- ==========
-
- Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT. We are
- researching this problem and will post new information here as it becomes
- available.
-
- MORE INFORMATION
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-
- Steps to Reproduce Problem
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-
- 1. Configure a machine with two or more line printer ports (LPT1, LPT2) and
- attach a printer to each port.
-
- 2. Start a VDM
-
- 3. Issue the command: "copy <text file> LPT1:". This will print
- successfully to LPT1.
-
- 4. Issue the command: "copy <text file> LPT2:". This will NOT print to LPT2
- as expected; it will instead print to LPT1.
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