Microsoft KB Archive/131083

NPRINT and PRINTCON May Fail with Microsoft Netware Client

PSS ID Number: Q131083 Article last modified on 08-22-1995

95

WINDOWS

= SYMPTOMS =

When you are using the Novell PRINTCON utility, no default print queues are displayed. Or, when you are trying to print with the NPRINT utility, you receive an error message stating that no print queue was found.

= CAUSE =

These error messages occur when you are using the Microsoft Client for NetWare Networks and the PRINTCON.DAT file on the Novell server is marked as read-only. The utilities try to open the PRINTCON.DAT file with read and write access, but cannot. After it receives a failure code from the server, the Microsoft Client for NetWare Networks does not try to open the PRINTCON.DAT file with read-only access.

= RESOLUTION =

To correct this problem, use any one of the following methods:

  Do not mark the PRINTCON.DAT file as read-only.   Use the Novell Workstation Shell (NETX) instead of the Microsoft Client for NetWare Networks.   If you are using the NPRINT utility, specify the print queue on the command line. Use the following syntax: nprint  /Q= 

= STATUS =

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Windows 95. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

KBCategory: kb3rdparty kbnetwork kbenv KBSubcategory: wpp95 win95 3rdpartynet msnets Additional reference words: 95

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