Microsoft KB Archive/131470

= PRINT.EXE Command Fails on Eleventh Try From Batch File =

Article ID: 131470

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q131470



SYMPTOMS
When you run a batch job with more than ten PRINT commands, the following error message appears the eleventh time Windows NT attempts to print:

Unable to initialize device lpt1

Only ten jobs are queued to print.

The repeated command in the batch file is:

  PRINT /D:LPT1 C:\FILENAME.TXT

If you connect to a shared printer, this problem does not occur.



WORKAROUND
Select "Share this printer on the network" in the Create Printer or Printer Properties dialog box for your printer.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT Workstation and Server versions 3.5, 3.51, and 4.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: prodnt print manager

Keywords: kbprint KB131470

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