Microsoft KB Archive/112634

Duplex Printing Large Document Err Msg: Bad Job Format

PSS ID Number: Q112634 Article last modified on 12-31-1996

1.00

WINDOWS

= SYMPTOMS =

When you print a very large document and Windows Printing System (WPS) is configured for duplex printing, you may receive the following error message:

  Bad Job Format -or-   Page Too Complex 

= STATUS =

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows Printing System version 1.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

= WORKAROUND =

To work around this problem:

  Break the document in to smaller pieces (20- to 30-page segments usually print correctly). -or-   Print the document on one side of the page (non-duplex). 

For more information about the Windows Printing System, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

WPS

KBCategory: kbprint KBSubCategory: Additional reference words: 1.00 3.10 3.1 HP IIIP WPS err msg 3.11

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