Steven Mackenzie
2002-Feb-27 13:59 UTC
[Samba] Revert to 2.2.2 to allow printing from NT4 with Word 97 ?
What changed in the printing code between 2.2.2 and 2.2.3a? I've had to revert from 2.2.3a to 2.2.2 to allow NT4 clients to print from Word 97 :( Here is a repeatable test at my site: Run NT4 sp6 client: Stop and start 2.2.2 server: Stop and start the NT spooler service. Start Word 97 Load a doc (eg ~200k with simple diagram and table) Choose File>Print ... You can chose to print the document after a brief (few second) busy period (hour glass icon) The document prints. Close the application. Stop server and start a 2.2.3a server: Stop and start the NT spooler service. Start Word 97 Load a doc (eg ~200k with simple diagram and table) Choose File>Print ... The Print dialogue box appears, but the application will now be "busy" (hour glass cursor) forever. Kill the application from the task manager. Stop and start 2.2.2 server: Stop and start the NT spooler service. Start Word 97 Load a doc (eg ~200k with simple diagram and table) Choose File>Print ... You can chose to print the document after a brief (few second) busy period (hour glass icon) The document prints repeat as desired ... I hope this is useful to someone. Let me know if I can get any more useful diagnostics from this setup, Steven. ==Steven Mackenzie Active Navigation Ltd http://activenavigation.com/ +44 (0) 23 8074 2420 sjm@activenavigation.com