Garbled Characters Appear in Windows NT Print Queue when Printing from Downlevel Client
Article ID: 152764
Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
This article was previously published under Q152764
SYMPTOMS
When a downlevel client (such as Windows 95) sends a print job to a Windows
NT print server, you may not be able to read the document name on the
server's print queue; however, the document prints correctly.
CAUSE
A downlevel client sends the document name formatted in its codepage and
the protocol is not able to specify the codepage used. If the server has
the same locale settings as the client, the document name is readable.
However, there is a problem where the ANSI codepage is used to translate
the document name instead of the OEM codepage.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT 4.0 or Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
152734 How to Obtain the Latest Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Windows NT 4.0 and Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition. This problem was first corrected in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4.0 and Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition Service Pack 4.
Additional query words: 4.00
Keywords: kbprint KB152764