DOCUMENT:Q97496 30-JUL-2001 [lanman] TITLE :Use MSnull/IBMnull Driver with HP IIIsi Printer PRODUCT :Microsoft LAN Manager PROD/VER: OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbnetwork ====================================================================== SUMMARY ======= For reasons that are discussed below, the MSnull or IBMnull drivers are the best to use on a server to run Hewlett-Packard (HP) IIIsi printers on LAN Manager. Any print job you send from an application already has the required print information embedded, so you don't need a specific driver such as the IIIsi on the server. As a rule, you want a driver on the server to be as generic as possible so that jobs--which applications have already formatted with necessary code--print without being processed by anything else. Set applicable null driver switches such as Default Spool Type to RAW, and set the Form Feed control to NONE. This is the cleanest way to set up a print server for all workstation environments except OS/2 workstations. Additional query words: 2.00 2.0 2.1 2.10 2.10a 2.1a 2.20 2.2 ====================================================================== Keywords : kbnetwork ============================================================================= 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 2001.