[WinMac] Re: WinMac Digest #53 - 08/20/98
Alex Dearden(pata[at]tampabay.rr.com)
>Subject: Re: [WinMac] Connecting a LW 12/640 >From: "Ed Humes" <rpx355@email.sps.mot.com> >Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 00:28:39 -0500 > > >>> Another option we used here for a while (until we set up a print queue on >>> an NT server) was to connect the LW 12/640 to one Windows computer via a >>> parallel cable, then use Printer Sharing on that computer to give the >>> other Windows computers access to the printer. Not as elegant a solution >>> as a print server, but less expensive if you don't already have an NT >>> server. > > >>Yeah, but if the wintel machine is a Win 95/98, your macs wont be able to >>see the printer. Trading One set of problems for another. >> >>Best bet is COPS or MacLan. > >The "best" option in many cases is the cheapest one that works. If you >already have an NT Server, then spooling over the network from a queue on >that server makes sense. If you do not already have an appropriate print >server then by sharing a locally attached printer from any windows machine >it can be used by any other windows machine that can "see" it. This includes >NT3/4/5 and Win95/98. However to share a locally attached printer to the Mac >community from Windows you'll need NT with its Mac services running in order >to make the appropriate AppleTalk broadcasts and service announcements. Or >you can purchase the software mentioned above.
Better still, just use a hub and have the Macs and PCs hooked up to it at
Alex Dearden
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