Re: [WinMac] Q on RE: Mac printing in PC world

Darron Spohn(dspohn[at]clicknet.com)
Wed, 26 Aug 1998 07:23:12 -0700

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>> Darron Spohn 08/24 /1998 23:22 answer to
>> Darryl Lee 8/24/98 2:14 PM said
>>
>>
> >We have two Postscript laser printers here, an Apple LaserWriter
>>12/640PS and a QMS 2060. We turned on AppleTalk on both printers >and our
>Macs can print directly, bypassing the NT server. The Windows >computers
>still go through the NT print queue. As an aside, I can also >print through
>the NT print queue by choosing the appropriate printer name >in the Chooser,
>but don't do so because my PageMaker files print faster >and more reliably
>through EtherTalk. The graphics looks better too.
>
> What do you mean by turning on Appletalk on the printer and
>bypassing the NT server?? I can connect my powerbook to our postscript HP5
>printer with a serial cable and print, but am not able to print anything by
>means of a network connection. Nothing shows up in the chooser. b.t.w. Our
>administrator refuses to load the network services for macintosh on our NT4
>server and I do not have (or want to use) Dave. Any suggestions?
>
You turn on Appletalk at the printer itself. The QMS has a control pad on
the front where we can change settings. The 12/640 ships with software
(Apple Printer Utility for Macs and LaserWriter Utility for Windows for,
of course, Windows) that gives control over the port settings. This is
explained in the manuals, so maybe your network administrator could help.
I had to teach ours how to do this, but I used to work in Apple's
peripherals tech support group so I should know this stuff.

"It's mathematics, son. You can argue with me but you can't argue with
figures."
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