On Windows 95, 98 or Me, the currently active window can lose focus when the LPD server receives a print request. The server has to have focus briefly to initiate the print job, especially if it’s the first LPD request received since Windows was started, but it doesn’t always return focus properly.

When this happens, create a new icon in the Startup group of your Start menu. Link the to C:\Program Files\Century\TinyTERM\NetUtils\marlpd32.exe. Change the directory as appropriate, but make sure marlpd32.exe is loaded from your Startup group. That’s the application taking focus, so if it’s started with Windows, you shouldn’t see your main window lose focus again.

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