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First Line of Print Job Lost When Printing Using Lpdsvc

Article ID: 142686

Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q142686

SYMPTOMS

When you print using Lpdsvc, the TCP/IP print services, and the Generic Text Only printer driver, the first line of each print job is not printed.

CAUSE

This problem is a regression caused by a fix to Txtonly.dll, which shipped in Service Pack 4 for Windows NT version 3.51. Any print job printed using the text data type by means of the Text Only Printer Driver will lose the first line of output. This is most noticeable using TCP/IP Print Services because it explicitly sets the data type of the print jobs it submits to be Text, rather than the normal default of RAW.

RESOLUTION

A hotfix for Txtonly.dll is available from Microsoft for Windows NT version 3.51 post Service Pack 5, and for Windows NT version 4.0, which fixes this problem.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Windows NT versions 3.51 (SP4) and 4.0. This problem was corrected in the latest Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 U.S. Service Pack. 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

For information about this issue, query in the Knowledge Base for the following article:

ARTICLE-ID: 154322
TITLE : First Line Is Not Printed Using Generic/Text Only Printer Driver

Additional query words: rfc1179 lpr lpd prodnt generic text first line

Keywords: kbnetwork kbprint KB142686