Microsoft KB Archive/169857

= Print Service Ignores Bytes in LU3 Datastream =

Article ID: 169857

Article Last Modified on 6/24/2004

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft SNA Server 4.0
 * Microsoft SNA Server 3.0 Service Pack 4

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SYMPTOMS
When you print an LU3 print job through the SNA Server Print service, characters that are not ASCII printable characters or printer definition file (PDF) codes are ignored. In the following example, the characters 5F 4DF1F0E4 (in the first line) will be ignored. (These characters are the escape sequence designating the printer symbol set [PC-8]).

F5C8405F 4DF1F0E4 5F4DA2F0 97F1F64B

F6F788F8 4BF5A5F0 A2F082F0 E35F5093

F0D35F50 93F34BF1 F0C34040 40404040

40404040 40404040 40404040 40404040

40404040 40404040 40404040 40404040



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in SNA Server versions 3.0 and 3.0 SP1. This problem was corrected in the latest SNA Server version 3.0 U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining this Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

S E R V P A C K

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbnetwork KB169857

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