You're welcome. Did you ever figure out the source of these documents?

Paul

"lasso" <lasso@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> thank you very much.
>
> "Paul Baker" wrote:
>
>> If a DOS program, or any other program that prints to a port instead of
>> starting a print job using the Windows Print Spooler directly, prints to
>> a
>> port on which you have a printer is installed, it will be redirected to
>> that
>> print queue. Since it has no name for the print job, just data to the
>> port,
>> it calls it "Remote Downlevel Document".
>>
>> A search of the KB for "Remote Downlevel Document" would have answered
>> your
>> questions.
>>
>> This explains what it is:
>>
>> Print Jobs to Windows NT Servers Named "Remote Downlevel Doc."
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;134779
>>
>> This explains that it could be a virus:
>>
>> Zero-Byte Remote Downlevel Documents Appear in Print Queue
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;312015
>>
>> If someone could be printing from a DOS program, or any other program
>> that
>> prints to a port, then that is something to look into. If not, it could
>> very
>> well be a virus.
>>
>> Paul
>>
>> "lasso" <lasso@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:9CAF9FB6-C40D-46A9-817A-7EC699A547E9@microsoft.com...
>> >I have a HP laserjet printer connected to my PC and share it for other
>> >user.
>> > recently I found it always generate many unuseful print task named
>> > Remote
>> > Downlevel Document. Once this kind of task exists the printer can not
>> > print
>> > anymore. I must delete spool file to clean these Remote Downlevel
>> > Documents.
>> > So what is Remte Downlevel Document?
>> > Why does it comes from? Is it cause by virus? I found these tasks were
>> > sent
>> > by some domain users on the other LAN.
>>
>>
>>