SNA Print Tracing May Show Wrong Printer Name

When you review Host Integration Server 2000 Snaprint internal traces, you may notice that the incorrect printer name is used.

This occurs if the printer is a shared printer on the Host Integration Server itself. The following is an example of the trace:

When you modify or add a new print session, the Host Integration Server does not perform validation on the print device. Nor does the Host Integration Server update the DEVMODE and the DEVNAMES structures that are carried in the configuration file unless you use the Print button on the MMC UI. The result is that the DEVMODE and the DEVNAMES structures are out of sync after the change. For additional information about how the Snacfg.exe version of this change is implemented, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Service pack information

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Host Integration Server 2000. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Hotfix information

The English version of this fix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel. Note: Because of file dependencies, the most recent fix that contains the preceding files may also contain additional files.

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Host Integration Server 2000 and Host Integration Server 2000 SP1. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Host Integration Server 2000 Service Pack 2.