PRB: Unable to Print to LPT1: Under Windows NT on Motorola (140475)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
This article was previously published under Q140475 SUMMARY
Under Windows NT on some early models of the Motorola PowerPC,
printing to the built-in LPT1: port does not work properly.
An early manufacturing run of the Motorola PowerPC machines had a defect on
the system board that affected the built-in LPT port. Printing to network
printers is not affected.
RESOLUTION
Contact Motorola costumer support at (800) 551-1017 for additional
information.
MORE INFORMATION
The system board problem is on revision 01-W3107F02G. It is the G revision
at the end that is the problem. Use system diagnostics to determine the
revision number of your board.
The symptoms of this problem appear differently. On advanced language laser
printers, such as PostScript and PCL, the data light will turn on and the
printer will appear to be busy, but nothing ever prints. On dot matrix
printers, the printout shows random ASCII characters.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 9/7/2001 |
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| Keywords: | kb3rdparty kbprb kbprint KB140475 |
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