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Preventing Print Spooler CR or LF to CR/LF Character Translation

Article ID: 243729

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

APPLIES TO

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Enterprise Edition

This article was previously published under Q243729

IMPORTANT: This article contains information about modifying the registry. Before you modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you understand how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For information about how to back up, restore, and edit the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry

SYMPTOMS

When you use the Windows NT 4.0 Line Printer Daemon (LPD) utility (in conjunction with the print spooler) to process text-stream print jobs, both line feed (LF) and carriage return (CR) characters are translated to a carriage return/line feed (CR/LF) character before the print job is sent to the print device.

RESOLUTION

A supported fix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Apply it only to computers that are experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;CNTACTMS

NOTE: In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

The English-language version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

   Date       Time     Size     File name      Platform
   ----------------------------------------------------
   09/28/99   01:58p   15,632   Winprint.dll   x86
   09/28/99   01:58p   23,312   Winprint.dll   Alpha

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

Although this is the default behavior, you can change it to disable CR/LF processing or to disable CR processing. After you install the hotfix on the print server, use the following steps to configure the print spooler on a per-printer basis for either print processing preference:

To Disable CR/LF Processing

Start Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe).
Locate the following key in the registry

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Printers\printername\PrinterDriverData

where printername is the printer to be configured.
On the Edit menu, click Add Value, and then add the following registry value:

Value Name: Winprint_TextNoTranslation
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1
Quit Registry Editor.
Click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and then double-click Services.
Click the TCP/IP Print Server service, and then click Stop.
Click the Spooler service, and then click Stop.
After the Spooler service has stopped, click Start.
Click the TCP/IP Print Server service, and then click Start.

To Disable Only CR Processing

Start Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe).
Locate the following key in the registry

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Printers\printername\PrinterDriverData

where printername is the printer to be configured.
On the Edit menu, click Add Value, and then add the following registry value:

Value Name: Winprint_TextNoCRTranslation
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 1
Quit Registry Editor.
Click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and then double-click Services.
Click the TCP/IP Print Server service, and then click Stop.
Click the Spooler service, and then click Stop.
After the Spooler service has stopped, click Start.
Click the TCP/IP Print Server service, and then click Start.

When the LPD service is configured with the SimulatePassThrough setting, the job data type is always RAW. Therefore, the print processor settings are ignored. For additional information about using the SimulatePassThrough setting, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

150930 LPD Server Adds and Prints Control Codes

Keywords: kbhotfixserver kbqfe kbbug kbfix kbprint KB243729

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