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Reboot and Print Server Queues

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by rovina

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Whenever I have to re-boot NT 4.0 the network printers being serviced by this server start printing out documents from several days back that have already been printed. I have to check each printer and clear printed documents if any are showing. Is there a way of avoiding this?

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by ann777

Stop and then re-start the print spooler service. This will clear remanents of jobs that should not be in the queues anymore.

by hippo

In addition to above, make sure that no-one has removed the "CREATOR OWNER - Manage documents" from the permissions on the printer. Otherwise the users that print do not have the right to delete their own jobs once printed.....

~Tony

by clrichardson

Another place to check would be each NT printer's settings/properties. Specifically the tab "SCHEDULING" and uncheck the "Keep documents after they have printed" box at the bottom.

Start|Settings|Printers|(select each printer individually)|Properties|Scheduling

by maxwell edison

To force Windows NT or Windows 2000 to print a .spl file using EMF, follow these steps:

Click Start, point to Settings , and then click Printers.

Right-click the printer in question and then click Properties.

On the General tab (the Advanced tab in Windows 2000), click Print Processor.

If the option for Always Spool RAW Datatype is selected, click to clear the check box (Windows NT 4.0 only).

Change the Default Datatype to NT EMF 1.003, 1.006, 1.007, or 1.008.

After the print processor is switched to EMF, use the following steps to print the .spl file:

Click Start , point to Programs , and then click MS-DOS Command Prompt.

Change to the folder where the .spl file is located.

Use the following command to copy the spool file to the printer in question:

copy 00002.spl \\\

After the SPL file is printed, switch the Default Datatype back to the original value. The default value is RAW.

When printing from one computer running Windows NT 4.0 to another, Windows NT will still negotiate an EMF file even if the Default Datatype option is set to RAW. This will only happen if the receiving workstation or server can support EMF 1.003 and if the printing application has the ability to use EMF. The reason that this is done is so that the operating system can return control to the application that requested the print faster.

To override the negotiation of an EMF file and always printing using RAW format, use the following steps:

Click Start, point to Setting , and then click Printers.

Right-click the print queue in question, and then click Properties.

Click the General tab, and then click Print Processor.

Select the Always Spool RAW Datatype option.

Good luck,

Maxwell

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