DOCUMENT:Q125382 29-SEP-1999 [win3x] TITLE :Print Manager Displays Error Status with HP LaserJet 4+ PRODUCT :Microsoft Windows 3.x Retail Product PROD/VER:WINDOWS:3.1,3.11 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS: ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Windows for Workgroups versions 3.1, 3.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== When you print over a Windows for Workgroups (WFW) peer-to-peer network to a computer acting as a print server, only the first page of the spooled print job is printed successfully. Print Manager displays an error status after the first page, and all the remaining pages are stalled. Immediately after the Print Manager error, the mouse pointer flickers erratically. There is no problem printing from the computer acting as the print server. CAUSE ===== When you install the Hewlett-Packard (HP) LaserJet 4 Plus printer driver version 31.v1.50 by running the HP-supplied installation program (HSETUP.EXE), the following files are replaced, edited, or added: - In the Windows directory: AUDIT.LOG CONTROL.INI DINSTALL.EXE DINSTALL.ICO DINSTALL.INF DINSTALL.RC DOSAPP.INI HP4PLUS.HLP HPLASERJ.GRP HPLJPS.INI HPPDF4PL.DLL HPSW.EXE MSACM.INI NDISLOG.TXT PRINTMAN.EXE PRINTMAN.HLP PROGMAN.INI WIN.INI - In the Windows\SYSTEM subdirectory: COMMCTRL.DLL FINSTALL.DLL FINSTALL.HLP HPLJ4QP.DLL HPLJCOMM.DLL HPLJVPD.386 HPPCL5E.DRV HPPCL5E.HLP HPPCL5E0.HLP HPPCL5E1.DLL HPPCL5E2.DLL HPPCL5E3.DLL HPPCL5E4.DLL HPPJLMON.DLL PADDPAP.WAV PCOMMERR.WAV PCOVER.WAV PERROR.WAV PFEED.WAV PJAM.WAV READMEHP.WRI SPEAKER.DRV THREED.VBX RESOLUTION ========== Workaround 1 ------------ Install the HP LaserJet III printer driver on all the computers that exhibit this behavior and set the HP LaserJet III printer as the default printer. Workaround 2 ------------ 1. Expand the following files from your original Windows for Workgroups disks to the Windows directory: PRINTMAN.EXE PRINTMAN.HLP 2. Expand the following file from your original Windows for Workgroups disks to the Windows\SYSTEM subdirectory: COMMCTRL.DLL The Windows for Workgroups 3.11 COMMCTRL.DLL and PRINTMAN.EXE file sizes and dates are listed in the following table: Filename Size Date 3.5" 5.25" ------------------------------------------------- COMMCTRL.DLL 48,112 11/1/93 Disk 2 Disk 2 PRINTMAN.EXE 71,824 11/1/93 Disk 3 Disk 5 3. Remove the following entry from the LOAD= line of the WIN.INI file: HPSW.EXE 4. Remove the following section and any entries in it from the WIN.INI file: [HPQSPOOLER] MORE INFORMATION ================ The HP installation program replaces the PRINTMAN.EXE and COMMCTRL.DLL files. The COMMCTRL.DLL file contains internal custom control user interface functions, and is used by File Manager. Additional query words: printman 3.10 3.11 ====================================================================== Keywords : Technology : kbAudDeveloper kbWFWSearch kbWFW310 kbWFW311 Version : WINDOWS:3.1,3.11 ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1999.