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Error Printing From Macintosh to LPT Port of Windows NT Server

Article ID: 143143

Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006

Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51

This article was previously published under Q143143

SYMPTOMS

When you send a print job from a Macintosh computer to a print device connected to the LPT port of the Windows NT Server computer, the print job does one of the following:

   - Stays in the "spooling" status

-or-

   - Prints after a long delay with the following postscript error
     message:

        ERROR: timeout
        OFFENDING COMMAND: timeout

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, install the fix mentioned below.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.51. This problem was corrected in the latest Windows NT 3.51 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

Additional query words: prodnt dlc sfm

Keywords: kbprint KB143143