Microsoft KB Archive/107207

= Local MS-DOS Printing Allowed to Single Parallel Port Only =

Article ID: 107207

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.1
 * Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1

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This article was previously published under Q107207





SYMPTOMS
With machines with more than one parallel port, all printing attempts to ports other than LPT1 results in the output always going to LPT1.



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



Steps to Reproduce Problem

 * 1) Configure a machine with two or more line printer ports (LPT1, LPT2) and attach a printer to each port.
 * 2) Start a VDM
 * 3) Issue the command: "copy LPT1:". This will print successfully to LPT1.
 * 4) Issue the command: "copy LPT2:". This will NOT print to LPT2 as expected; it will instead print to LPT1.

Additional query words: prodnt

Keywords: kbprint KB107207

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