[WinMac] Re: WinMac Digest #53 - 08/20/98

Alex Dearden(pata[at]tampabay.rr.com)
Thu, 20 Aug 1998 21:48:02 -0400

>We've also connected our LW 12/640 to a WinNT machine using a parallell
>cable, AppleTalk (to printer) and Printer Sharing via ethernet to the
>other PCs. It works just fine even though someone is using the WinNT
>machine as his personal computer at the same time (most likely as we're not
>printing huge amounts).
>
>However, before settling on this (cheapest option) we first tried ...
>- the above option but using ethernet instead of a parallell cable to
>connect the WinNT and the printer. It only worked from time to time. Any
>one know why ?

Probably because of the LPR name, these names are device specific and you
can't just make them up. They actually depend on the network card or
controller that the printer has. I don't know the name for a Laserwriter
but I'm sure a quick scourge of the Internet (perhaps under "Laserwriter
LPR name") will turn it up. That's how Unix machines print (most of them).

Alex Dearden
pata@doglover.com

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