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Windows NT Troubleshooting

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Windows NT Troubleshooting LAN Manager Host Setup 4 The Windows NT node will attempt to connect to the Server; if it cannot do so, it will inform you of the problem. At this point, all references to LPTn (the port specified with the NET USE command above) will go to the service that you created. For testing purposes, you can try to use a copy command. 5 To make the lpt redirect permanent, enter the following command. Figure 11-9: Making Redirect Permanent C:> NET USE /PERSISTENT:YES When the host is rebooted, it will automatically attempt to connect to the Server. 11.1.2.2 Printing from NetBIOS Follow these steps to print from NetBIOS. 1 Exit the MS-DOS shell. 2 Open the NT Print Manager; its icon is located in the Main window on the desktop. 3 Choose Create Printer from the Printer menu (see Figure 11-2 on page 11-1). 4 In the Printer Name box, enter the name of the queue on the NT host. 5 Click the Driver menu arrow; select the required printer driver from the pull-down menu. 6 Enter a description string in the Description box. 7 Click the Print To menu arrow to view its pull-down menu, and select the lpt port you wish to redirect. Click the OK button in each print dialog displayed. Note: Windows NT versions prior to 3.51 do not ship with a basic text-only printer driver. If you wish to print to a terminal for testing purposes, you'll need to use some type of line printer driver and will see the embedded print codes. 8 If you'd like this printer to be the default printer, click on the Default pop-up menu in the Print Manager dialog and scroll to the printer's name (see Figure 11-6 on page 11-3). 11.2 Windows NT Troubleshooting If you've followed the setup instructions listed in this chapter, Windows NT printing should run smoothly. However, there are two potential problems. x When Windows NT determines that insufficient progress is being made on a print job, it will automatically time out print jobs, forcing you to abort or retry. By default, the timeout period is set to 45 seconds. If you have a slow printer, this timeout period may not be long enough; Windows NT may time out your print job when it's queued to the Server. To change the timeout period, see the Settings dialog box in Windows NT. 11-4

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Windows NT Troubleshooting
LAN Manager Host Setup
11-
4
4
The Windows NT node will attempt to connect to the Server; if it cannot do so, it will inform you of
the problem. At this point, all references to LPT
n
(the port specified with the NET USE command
above) will go to the service that you created. For testing purposes, you can try to use a copy com-
mand.
5
To make the lpt redirect permanent, enter the following command.
Figure 11-9:
Making Redirect Permanent
When the host is rebooted, it will automatically attempt to connect to the Server.
11.1.2.2
Printing from NetBIOS
Follow these steps to print from NetBIOS.
1
Exit the MS-DOS shell.
2
Open the NT Print Manager; its icon is located in the Main window on the desktop.
3
Choose
Create Printer
from the
Printer
menu (see Figure 11-2 on page 11-1).
4
In the
Printer Name
box, enter the name of the queue on the NT host.
5
Click the
Driver
menu arrow; select the required printer driver from the pull-down menu.
6
Enter a description string in the
Description
box.
7
Click the
Print To
menu arrow to view its pull-down menu, and select the lpt port you wish to redi-
rect. Click the
OK
button in each print dialog displayed.
Note:
Windows NT versions prior to 3.51 do not ship with a basic text-only printer
driver. If you wish to print to a terminal for testing purposes, you’ll need to use
some type of line printer driver and will see the embedded print codes.
8
If you’d like this printer to be the default printer, click on the
Default
pop-up menu in the
Print Man-
ager
dialog and scroll to the printer’s name (see Figure 11-6 on page 11-3).
11.2
Windows NT Troubleshooting
If you’ve followed the setup instructions listed in this chapter, Windows NT printing should run smoothly.
However, there are two potential problems.
When Windows NT determines that insufficient progress is being made on a print job, it will
automatically time out print jobs, forcing you to abort or retry.
By default, the timeout period is set to 45 seconds. If you have a slow printer, this timeout period may
not be long enough; Windows NT may time out your print job when it’s queued to the Server. To
change the timeout period, see the
Settings
dialog box in Windows NT.
C:> NET USE /PERSISTENT:YES