Applies to: Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Windows Vista SP2
Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 Windows Server 2008 SP2 W2K8 Service Pack 2 W2K8 SP2 Windows Server 2008 (R1) Service Pack 2 Windows Server 2008 (R1) SP2 W2K8 (R1) Service Pack 2 W2K8 (R1) SP2
List of print related hotfixes post Service Pack 2 for Windows Server 2008 as of May 2012:
Originally published Sep., 2009.
2656827 "The system cannot find the file specified" error message when you print a document on a Windows Server 2008-based terminal server
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=2656827 Update(s): Shell32.dll
2647169 Windows Fax and Scan cannot send a fax if Internet Explorer 9 is installed in Windows Vista, in Windows Server 2008, in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=2647169 Update(s): Xpsprint.dll
2620656 Invalid redirected printers may be available in a Remote Desktop Services session that connects to a RD Session Host server that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=2620656 Update(s): Localspl.dll Ntprint.dll Ntprint.exe Printui.dll
Supersede(s): 2571564 Add Printer Wizard lists published printers in AD DS slowly in Windows Vista, in Windows Server 2008, in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2 2511290 A computer that is running Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2 continues to use the original printer driver after you update or replace the printer driver 2213578 You receive a "Copy Error" error message on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 when you try to remotely install a printer driver on to a computer that is running Windows Server 2003 979241 No event is added to the System log or to an operational channel when a print job is canceled or deleted 977263 Files print in an incorrect order when the collate option is selected, or you receive an error message when you use custom forms: "Faulting application spoolsv.exe" 973356 Error message when you create one or more network printers in a Windows Server 2008-based terminal server session: "Printers cannot be installed" 972026 Some print jobs fail together with the Event 6161 when the "Print to File" option is used on a multiprocessor computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista and that is under heavy stress 971222 Users who are members of the Power Users group or of the Print Operators group cannot install the local printers on a server that is running Windows Server 2008 971069 You cannot print to an IPP printer in Internet Explorer with protected mode enabled on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 970013 968585 A handle leak occurs in the print spooler service after you resubmit a print job to a shared printer on which the "Keep printed documents" option is enabled 962000 Print jobs in an offline print queue are missing or incomplete after you print a second document to the print queue in Windows Server 2008 or in Windows Vista
2566651 FIX: The text of an XPS document is printed in a different font when you use the XpsDocumentWriter class in a Windows Presentation Foundation application that targets to the .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=2566651 Update(s): Presentationframework.dll Windowsbase.dll Presentationcore.dll Presentationfontcache.exe.config Wpfgfx_v0300.dll System.printing.dll Presentationframework.dll Presentationhostdll.dll Windowsbase.dll Supersede(s): 981429 Some XPS file text is printed incorrectly by a .NET Framework 3.0-based WPF application
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=2566651 Update(s): Presentationframework.dll Windowsbase.dll Presentationcore.dll Presentationfontcache.exe.config Wpfgfx_v0300.dll System.printing.dll Presentationframework.dll Presentationhostdll.dll Windowsbase.dll
Supersede(s): 981429 Some XPS file text is printed incorrectly by a .NET Framework 3.0-based WPF application
2555392 Garbled printouts after the first page if subsetted fonts are used in Windows 7, in Windows Vista, in Windows Server 2008 R2 or in Windows Server 2008
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=2555392 Update(s): T2embed.dll Atmfd.dll Atmlib.dll Dciman32.dll Fontsub.dll Lpk.dll
2532459 Print queue does not work if the queue is not one of the first 100 queues installed in a Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2 Terminal Services session
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=2532459 Update(s): Spoolss.dll Supersede(s): 2466040 Post-install customization does not start after you use Group Policy to configure a deployed printer in Windows Vista, in Windows 7, in Windows Server 2008, or in Windows Server 2008 R2
2505189 An update is available for DirectWrite and XPS issues in Windows Vista SP2 and in Windows Server 2008 SP2
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=2505189 Update(s): Xpsgdiconverter.dll Fntcache.dll.mui Fntcache.dll Dwrite.dll.mui Dwrite.dll
2480910 Wrong printer forms for network printers are used in Windows Server 2008 or in Windows Vista
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=2480910 Update(s): Printcom.dll Win32spl.dll Supersede(s): 980945 The print queue remains offline after a restart of the Spooler Service on a print server that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008
2480118 You cannot print results to files by using web applications in Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, or Windows Server 2008 R2 after you install security update MS10-061
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=2480118 Update(s): Spoolsv.exe
2479235 CPU utilization of the print spooler service occasionally spikes in Windows Server 2008
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=2479235 Update(s): Tcpmon.dll
2462317 An XPS printer is very slow to print graphics in Windows Vista SP2 and in Windows Server 2008 SP2
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=2462317 Update(s): Locale.gpd Msxpsinc.gpd Msxpsinc.ppd Mxdwdrv.dll P6disp.gpd P6font.gpd Pcl4res.dll Pcl5eres.dll Pcl5ures.dll Pclxl.dll Pclxl.gpd Pjl.gpd Pjlmon.dll Ps5ui.dll Pscript.hlp Pscript.ntf Pscript5.dll Pscrptfe.ntf Ps_schm.gdl Stddtype.gdl Stdnames.gpd Stdschem.gdl Stdschmx.gdl Ttfsub.gpd Unidrv.dll Unidrv.hlp Unidrvui.dll Unires.dll Xpssvcs.dll Supersede(s): 2165648 The page size may be incorrect when you save a PDF document as an XPS document in Adobe Reader 983237 Some characters are rotated incorrectly in the print output when you use Microsoft XPS Document Writer to print a document in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008 981431 A PostScript printer does not print a document that contains multiple paper sizes correctly on a computer that is running Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 981148 You cannot read the text in a gray area of a printout in Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista 977585 Text strings that are not in a clipping region are printed unexpectedly when you use Microsoft XPS Document Writer to print a file in Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, or Windows Vista 977225 Incorrect lines are printed when a Word document is printed on a computer that is running Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 975126 Some custom-sized pages are printed incorrectly if they have different dimensions and are printed consecutively from a computer running Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 974901 Microsoft XPS Document Writer crashes when you run Print Driver Stress Test in Windows Vista SP2 or in Windows Server 2008 SP2 971319 The "<Papersize> not loaded in any tray" message is displayed in the print queue when you try to print a document in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008 969744 Underlines are missing when you print a document 969309 Print jobs sent to a local printer from a console application do not print completely in Windows Vista and in Windows Server 2008
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=2462317 Update(s): Locale.gpd Msxpsinc.gpd Msxpsinc.ppd Mxdwdrv.dll P6disp.gpd P6font.gpd Pcl4res.dll Pcl5eres.dll Pcl5ures.dll Pclxl.dll Pclxl.gpd Pjl.gpd Pjlmon.dll Ps5ui.dll Pscript.hlp Pscript.ntf Pscript5.dll Pscrptfe.ntf Ps_schm.gdl Stddtype.gdl Stdnames.gpd Stdschem.gdl Stdschmx.gdl Ttfsub.gpd Unidrv.dll Unidrv.hlp Unidrvui.dll Unires.dll Xpssvcs.dll
Supersede(s): 2165648 The page size may be incorrect when you save a PDF document as an XPS document in Adobe Reader 983237 Some characters are rotated incorrectly in the print output when you use Microsoft XPS Document Writer to print a document in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008 981431 A PostScript printer does not print a document that contains multiple paper sizes correctly on a computer that is running Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 981148 You cannot read the text in a gray area of a printout in Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista 977585 Text strings that are not in a clipping region are printed unexpectedly when you use Microsoft XPS Document Writer to print a file in Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, or Windows Vista 977225 Incorrect lines are printed when a Word document is printed on a computer that is running Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 975126 Some custom-sized pages are printed incorrectly if they have different dimensions and are printed consecutively from a computer running Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 974901 Microsoft XPS Document Writer crashes when you run Print Driver Stress Test in Windows Vista SP2 or in Windows Server 2008 SP2 971319 The "<Papersize> not loaded in any tray" message is displayed in the print queue when you try to print a document in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008 969744 Underlines are missing when you print a document 969309 Print jobs sent to a local printer from a console application do not print completely in Windows Vista and in Windows Server 2008
2407058 The print job fails when you try to print to a non-Windows-based IPP server on a client computer that is running Windows Vista Service Pack 2 or Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=2407058 Update(s): Inetpp.dll Inetppui.dll Wpnpinst.exe Supersede(s): 2162461 The IPP printer continues to print after you try to cancel or delete the print job on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 R2, or Windows 7 982643 "Windows cannot connect to the printer” error message when you try to add a printer that uses IPP to a client computer that is running Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, or Windows Server 2008 R2 976988 FIX: You cannot print to a Unix Print Server by using an SSL (HTTPS) connection
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=2407058 Update(s): Inetpp.dll Inetppui.dll Wpnpinst.exe
Supersede(s): 2162461 The IPP printer continues to print after you try to cancel or delete the print job on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 R2, or Windows 7 982643 "Windows cannot connect to the printer” error message when you try to add a printer that uses IPP to a client computer that is running Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, or Windows Server 2008 R2 976988 FIX: You cannot print to a Unix Print Server by using an SSL (HTTPS) connection
2344949 The printing operation stops responding when you print a document for a 64-bit Office application to a PostScript printer in Windows Vista, in Windows Server 2008, in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=2344949 Update(s): Gdiplus.dll Supersede(s): 981650 You cannot print text in a terminal server session in Windows Server 2003, in Windows Server 2008, or in Windows Vista if the printer uses the "Generic / Text Only" driver
2328606 FIX: Text that is formatted in the Barcode font prints out in the Wingdings font in an XPS document that is created by using the .NET Framework 4
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=2328606 Update(s): SetupUi.dll Setupengine.dll Setup.exe System.printing.dll Supersede(s): 2328540 A printout of an XPS document is incorrect when you print from a computer that is running .NET Framework 4.0 if the printer has the Generic Text-Only driver installed
2188792 It takes a long time to complete a batch of print jobs on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=2188792 Update(s): Winspool.drv Supersede(s): 973772 Group Policy Preferences stops responding when you try to configure the printer item for printers that use third-party drivers on a Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008-based computer
2059743 You cannot print to multiple trays in a terminal server session in Windows Server 2008
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=2059743 Update(s): Prntvpt.dll
2028453 The redirected printer does not print a document in Windows Server 2008 if the TS Easy Print feature is used in a terminal server session
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=2028453 Update(s): Aaclient.dll Aaclient.mof Mstscax.dll Mstscax.mof Tsgqec.dll
983224 The GetLastError function returns an incorrect value when the StartDoc function fails in a computer that is running a 64-bit version operating system
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=983224 Update(s): Gdi32.dll Supersede(s): 970603 The content of a printout is different when you print a PDF document by using Terminal Services Easy Print in a Terminal Services (TS) session in Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008
979762 Stop error in Windows Vista and in Windows Server 2008 when you try to print a document: "0x0000003B" or "0x0000007f"
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=979762 Update(s): Win32k.sys Supersede(s): 971248 The print output shows black rectangles if you print a document that contains some images on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008
979163 Many pages are printed when you try to print an Excel worksheet by using a redirected printer if the Terminal Services Easy Print feature is used
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=979163 Update(s): Tsprint-datafile.dat Tsprint-pipelineconfig.xml Tsprint.inf Tsprint.dll
974266 Group Policy Preferences Client-Side Extension Hotfix Rollup
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=974266 Update(s): ...
974260 when you print in a 32-bit application on a computer that is running a 64-bit version of Windows Vista, the application stops responding
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=974260 Update(s): Photowiz.dll
973878 A 32-bit printer driver and the PushPrinterConnections.exe utility are available for Windows Vista and for Windows Server 2008
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=973878 Update(s): Pmcsnap.dll Ppcsnap.dll Printmanagement.msc Pushprinterconnections.exe
973744 You cannot exit an application that uses a redirected printer when you enable the Terminal Services Easy Print feature on a terminal server that is running Windows Server 2008
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=973744 Update(s): Winsta.dll
972616 You cannot use the "runas" command to print from different user accounts in a single session from a 32-bit program on a computer that is running 64-bit version of Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=972616 Update(s): Splwow64.exe
972600 After you disconnect from a remote desktop session to a destination computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008, the default printer is changed when you log on the destination computer from the console
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=972600 Update(s): Umrdp.dll Rdpclip.exe Supersede(s): 972026 Some print jobs fail together with the Event 6161 when the "Print to File" option is used on a multiprocessor computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista and that is under heavy stress 971222
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=972600 Update(s): Umrdp.dll Rdpclip.exe
Supersede(s): 972026 Some print jobs fail together with the Event 6161 when the "Print to File" option is used on a multiprocessor computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista and that is under heavy stress 971222
971428 The Printbrm.exe command-line tool restores printers that are associated with USB ports as FILE ports on computers that are running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=971428 Update(s): Printbrm.exe Printbrmengine.exe Printbrmps.dll Printbrmui.exe
971059 You cannot enter the FQDN of all printer servers into the "Point and Print Restrictions" policy in Windows Server 2008 or in Windows Vista
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=971059 Update(s): Printing.admx
967113 Per-machine printer connections that are removed are still displayed in the GPO report about a print client computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=967113 Update(s): Microsoft.grouppolicy.serveradmintools.reporting.dll Microsoft.grouppolicy.reporting.dll Gpprnext.dll Ppcrsopcompschema.mof Ppcrsopuserschema.mof
962000 Print jobs in an offline print queue are missing or incomplete after you print a second document to the print queue in Windows Server 2008 or in Windows Vista
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=962000 Update(s): Localspl.dll the side by side (SxS) versions.