Microsoft KB Archive/286104

= Print Job Goes to Different Printer When Manually Created Printer Queue Is Attached to Redirected LPT1 Port =

Article ID: 286104

Article Last Modified on 2/22/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Enterprise Edition

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This article was previously published under Q286104





SYMPTOMS
When you send a print job through a manually created printer queue that is attached to a redirected LPT1 port, the print job may instead print through the spooler to a different printer, one that is installed from the client computer.



CAUSE
This behavior can occur because the client spooler intercepts the job that is being sent to the LPT1 port if the spooler has a print queue physically attached to the client-side LPT1 port.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
If you print from a manually created queue, you should print directly to the port, not to the spooler. Printing directly to the port can cause a problem if two people try to print at the same time because the second job does not print to the port if the port appears to be in use. However, the second job does print when you send it again after the port is free.

Additional query words: parallel

Keywords: kbenv kbprb kbprint KB286104

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