Re: [WinMac] HP 4000 Printer Problem

Vince Verbeke(keeper[at]psu.edu)
Fri, 11 Sep 1998 06:16:29 -0400

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Is the PC print server running Windows NT? If so, it may be "capturing" the
printer and not releasing it to the Macs.

There has been discussion on this list about this topic. Check it out.

Vince Verbeke

>We have a ethernet network of Macs and PCs. All computers are using peer
>to peer networking to share files, we don't share files between macs, but
>we do share the printer.
>
>It is an HP4000. On the Mac side it just plugs into the network. On the
>PC side, a PC has to act as a print server.
>
>Recently, all the Macs could not find the printer. The PC could and if we
>hooked the printer up directly over LocalTalk the Mac could find it.
>However, using ethernet, none of the macs could find the printer using
>the Chooser.
>
>Does anyone have any idea why this would start happening. It just started
>one morning.

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