Microsoft KB Archive/64232

Multiple Instance of Printer Not Showing in Project

PSS ID Number: Q64232 Article last modified on 10-04-1994

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WINDOWS

= SUMMARY =

If the same printer is listed multiple times in the Control Panel, and in the Printer dialog box when you choose Printer Setup from the File menu, only the first instance of the printer/port combination will appear.

For example, this behavior occurs when the same printer is connected to two different ports, such as LPT1 and LPT2.

= MORE INFORMATION =

NOTE: The following information is applicable only to Windows version 3.0x.

Project will show each instance of a printer connected to a different port if a change is made to the WIN.INI file that indicates that each instance of the printer has a different name. For example, a typical WIN.INI entry under the [PrinterPorts] section for a Hewlett-Packard (HP) LaserJet Printer looks as follows:

PCL / HP Laserjet=HPPCL,LPT1:,15,45

By changing the text before the equal sign in the preceding example, you can set up one printer driver (HPPCL) to more than one port and all the entries will be available for use in Project and all other Windows applications.

To set up an HP LaserJet printer to use LPT2, LPT3, and LPT1, add the following lines to the [PrinterPorts] section of the WIN.INI:

Laserjet Series II=HPPCL,LPT2:,15,45 HP Laserjet=HPPCL,LPT3:,15,45

NOTE: The text before the equal sign (=) can be changed. When these changes have been made, all three printers will be available to use in Project.

= STATUS =

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Project for Windows version 1.00. This problem was corrected in Project for Windows version 3.00.

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