Event ID 19 Appears in Event Log When You Create a Printer

This article was previously published under Q133386

SYMPTOMS

When you create a printer in Windows NT 3.51, the following system event appears in Event Viewer:

Event ID: 19
Source: Print
Type: Error
Description: Debug: CreatePrinterEntry failed, Printer <printer name> sharename (Nones), NULL datatype.

Ignore this event log entry.

After you create the printer, printing works correctly in spite of this event log entry.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.51. This problem has been corrected in Windows NT version 4.0.

kbprint KB133386

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