IPX Direct Hosting May Corrupt Print Jobs from WFW to WinNT

ID: Q151745

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation versions 3.5 and 3.51
Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.5 and 3.51
Microsoft Windows for Workgroups version 3.11

SYMPTOMS

Print jobs to a computer running Windows NT Server from a computer running Windows for Workgroups 3.11 may randomly print garbled output. This occurs if the server and client are both running NWLINK IPX/SPX, the client uses an ODI network adapter driver, direct hosting is enabled, and the client sends the print job over IPX.

RESOLUTION

You can work around this problem by using the NDIS driver for your network adapter on the client or by disabling direct hosting on the client.

To Disable Direct Hosting on WFWG

Add the following parameter to the [network] section of the client's System.ini file:

   directhost=no

NOTE: Page 4-12 of the "Windows for Workgroups Resource Kit", Addendum for Version 3.11 incorrectly states this parameter as 'directhosting'. This is a documentation error.

For more information about direct hosting query on "DirectHosting" "direct hosting" or "directhost" in the Microsoft Knowledge Base.

Additional query words: gra postscript graphic pcl hp

Keywords          : kbnetwork ntprint 
Version           : WinNT:3.5,3.51;WFW3.11
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: August 12, 1998