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# Unable to Print After Installing Phone Net PC

Article ID: 104526

Article Last Modified on 7/7/2005

APPLIES TO

- Microsoft Windows 3.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Windows 3.0a
- Microsoft Windows 3.1 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Windows 3.11 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q104526

## SYMPTOMS

After you install Farallon's Phone Net PC version 3.0, you may receive an error message similar to one of the following:
Windows cannot print this file. Disk may be full.

-or-

Windows cannot write to this file. Disk may be full.
The print job may not appear in Print Manager.
NOTE: This problem does not occur on every system or configuration that is running Phone Net PC. This error is also generated if Windows for Workgroups is installed over Wollongong TCP/IP and is not configured as outlined in 108007.

## CAUSE

This error occurs if you try to print from MS-DOS.
Farallon Technical Support has noted an error in the Phone Net PC documentation that states you must use MS-DOS for printing. This is untrue. You should still print from the Windows port, not LPTx.DOS.

## WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, Farallon Technical Support suggests that you edit the SYSTEM.INI file to remove PNTALK.DRV from the NETWORK.DRV line. This entry should be blank as follows:

Network.drv=

After making this change, you can still access the Phone Net PC network without any problems.

## MORE INFORMATION

Phone Net PC is not a supported network with Windows; Setup does not provide this network option.
Phone Net PC is manufactured by Farallon Computing Inc., a vendor independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this product's performance or reliability.

Additional query words: 3.00 3.00a 3.10 3.11 3rdparty kbnetwork wfw wfwg print wps

Keywords: KB104526