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Event ID 19 Appears in Event Log When You Create a Printer

Article ID: 133386

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51

This article was previously published under Q133386

SYMPTOMS

When you create a printer in Windows NT 3.51, the following system event appears in Event Viewer:

Event ID: 19
Source: Print
Type: Error
Description: Debug: CreatePrinterEntry failed, Printer <printer name> sharename (Nones), NULL datatype.

RESOLUTION

Ignore this event log entry.

After you create the printer, printing works correctly in spite of this event log entry.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.51. This problem has been corrected in Windows NT version 4.0.

Additional query words: prodnt printman eventvwr

Keywords: kbprint KB133386