RE: [WinMac] NT/Mac print problems

Thomas Roth(tomroth[at]wfubmc.edu)
Mon, 17 Aug 1998 08:42:29 -0400

>From: "Bryson, Laura" <bryson@osn.state.oh.us>
>I have a very similar problem with our Macs. We have Macs and NT
>Workstations on an NT network, plus LaserWriter 8500 and HP LaserJet
>printers. If the Macs use the NT print queues to print large postscript
>jobs or graphics or PageMaker documents, then the printer spits out
>postscript error messages. However, all of our printers are connected
>to the network using Rj45 cables (and HP JetDirect cards for the HPs),
>and the printers are setup using Appletalk and TCP/IP so the Macs can
>print these print jobs thru Appletalk to the printers just fine.
>
>The explanation that I was given as to the nature of the problem was
>that NT's Services for Macintosh could not handle large postscript jobs.
>If anyone else knows why or another way around the problem, or some way
>to fix it, that would be great news!

I've never encounter such a problem and we print very large postscript
files (sometimes 100MB or more!) from our Macs through our NT Server's
print queues and onto LaserWriters 16/600, Pro 630 & 8500 as well as an HP
DesignJet 2500. Whoever told you that probably doesn't like Macs.

 ______________________________________________________________________
 Tom Roth Wake Forest University School of Medicine
 tomroth@wfubmc.edu Dept of Biomedical Communications
 Tel 336.716.4493 Medical Center Blvd
 Fax 336.716.2808 Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1011
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