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# MS-DOS-Based Applications Print Jobs Incomplete

Article ID: 113130

Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006

APPLIES TO

- Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.1
- Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1

This article was previously published under Q113130

## SYMPTOMS

When you print from MS-DOS-based applications under Windows NT, the last page of a print job is not printed until it is forced out by the first page of the next print job.

## CAUSE

The Windows NT print queue does not automatically send a Form Feed (FF) character at the end of each spooled print job sent to the printer. Print jobs from applications that do not include a FF character are not ejected from the printer automatically.

## RESOLUTION

WINPRINT.DLL was changed to print a FF after each print job sent to a print queue of Data Type TEXT. If the printer is shared, you must stop sharing and re-share it after you change the data type or the change will not take effect. You can also restart the server to make this take affect.

## STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT and Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1. This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for Windows NT and Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

S E R V P A C K

Additional query words: prodnt

Keywords: kbprint KB113130