[WinMac] Capturing an AppleTalk printer in NT's Spooler

Dan Schwartz(expresso[at]snip.net)
Thu, 10 Sep 1998 06:22:28 -0400

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        Much confusion can occur when setting up an NT Print Spooler for MacOS.
Below is the Help file that explains what happens when you "Capture" the
printer.

        **HOWEVER**, I do not recommend capturing a printer except if absolutely
needed: Most of you have good PostScript printers that can easily
internally spool jobs with background jobs.

        I DO recommend NT Print Spooling IF you have a number of Macs and a "weak"
PostScript printer, such as a LaserWriter 360; OR if you are sending large
color jobs to a printer that is strapped for RAM, i.e. sending a 100 MB
PostScript file to a printer that has only 36 MB of RAM.

        Cheers!
        Dan

        FROM THE NT HELP FILE:
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        AppleTalk Port Configuration

        Capturing an AppleTalk printing device means that Macintosh users send
their print jobs through the computer running Windows NT Server. Releasing
a captured printing device means that the Macintosh users who print to it
directly will not get the benefit of spooling on the computer running
Windows NT Server. Also, print jobs sent to a released printing device are
not under the control of the system administrator.
        For a printing device to be seen by both PC and Macintosh clients, it must
be shared and captured. (Share a printer through the Printer Properties
dialog box, available from Print Manager.) Macintosh users will see the
name you designate in the Share Name option in the Printer Properties
dialog box.

        If you share a printer but do not capture it, Macintosh users will see the
printing device by both names--the AppleTalk name and the name you
designated in the Printer Properties dialog box.
        If you do not share a printing device and do not capture it, Macintosh
users will see it by its original AppleTalk name.
        You can release or recapture the printing device by clearing or selecting
the one option, as appropriate, in the AppleTalk Port Configuration dialog
box.

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