Microsoft KB Archive/28706

Works 1.x Err Msg: Cannot Write Files to LPTx:

PSS ID Number: Q28706 Article last modified on 06-12-1996

1.00 1.05 2.00

MS-DOS

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The following situations can cause the error message “Cannot write file to LPT1:” to display:

  The printer is not connected to the LPT1 port.   The printer cable is bad.   The printer is not plugged in or turned on.   The printer is not online or ready to receive information.   The printer is “timing out” before all data is sent. This can be corrected by using the MODE LPTx ,,p or MODE COMx: 9600,8,n,1,p command in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file.   You are trying to print from a Novell nondedicated server. To print through an ELS nondedicated server, you must obtain a patch from Novell called PRFIX.COM. This patch allows a Novell nondedicated 286 server to print to LPT1, LPT2, or LPT3. The patch can be downloaded from Novell’s Netwire Forum on CompuServe. The file is located in the Novell Software Library #3 and is archived as PRFIX. For questions regarding this problem, contact Novell technical support at (800) 638-9273 (800) NETWARE. 

KBCategory: kbprint KBSubcategory: dworkskb

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