Knowledge Base

Identical Documents May Print Differently from Win 95 Clients

Article ID: 162117

Article Last Modified on 10/13/2003

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q162117

SYMPTOMS

Font sizes may appear to be slightly different on Windows 95 workstations printing the same document to the same postscript printer that was created through Point and Print from a computer running Windows NT Server.

CAUSE

Point and Print will only create a Fonts.mfd file on a Windows 95 client if no Fonts.mfd already exists. If there is another postscript printer or postscript software is already installed on the computer running Windows 95, Fonts.mfd is not modified by Point and Print.

This file is modified if a postscript printer is created and the driver is installed by using the Windows 95 CD-ROM. The file is also modified if a test page is printed while creating the printer.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 4.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: cross platform win95

Keywords: kbbug kbprint KB162117