Re: [WinMac] Getting printer status messages


Michael Ritchie(mritchie[at]asu.edu)
Sat, 03 Oct 1998 11:16:22 -0700 (MST)


Dave 2.0 installed on the Macs allows you to get printer status messages.

Michael Ritchie
Graduate Student
Information Tech/Mng.
Arizona State University

On Sat, 3 Oct 1998, Tony Green wrote:

> We have a small network of Macs and PCs with an NT4 SP3 server with two
> laser printers (HP 4MV and Tektronix Phaser 380) all connected via
> Ethernet. There are print queues set up on the server so that the Mac users
> see a blue spool next to the printer name in the Chooser, and background
> printing is turned off. Everything works fine, except that after a job has
> finished spooling, the Macs can't receive any error messages from the
> printers (out of paper, jam, etc). Is there a better way to implement
> spooling or some way for the printers to communicate with the Macs? Thanks
> in advance for any advice!
>
> Tony Green
>
>
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