Re: [WinMac] Connecting a LW 12/640

Alex Dearden(pata[at]tampabay.rr.com)
Sat, 22 Aug 1998 12:23:24 -0400

>One option that doesn't appear to have been discussed here is that it is
>possible to install the Appletalk Protocol in the Network control Panel of NT
>Workstation. It doesn't allow you to share files, but WILL allow the NTW to
>create a printer queue that points to an Appletalk device.
>
>Of course, you have to beat the users down and stop them capturing the
>Appletalk device or your printers will keep disappearing from the Mac
>network,
>but for small numbers of NT users without access to an NT server or who have
>lasers that are not IP capable it works a treat.

Actually the workaround fot that is not to capture the LPR port of the
printer when you set it up on the NT workstations or servers (uncheck the
Capture port checkbox) after you've done that (you need to do it on every
NT Workstation that has an LPR port setu tp that printer), go ahead and
configure the NT printer for Appletalk and you don't have to worry about
the NT users capturing the port, they'll be able to print beautifully and
so will you.

BTW if you've already setup the ports on the NT stations and they are
capturing it, the only way I know how to undo it is to delete the port
and set it up again (a process that takes you all of 3 minutes at most).

BTW2 NT WILL allow you to share files through Appletalk.

Alex Dearden
pata@doglover.com

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