[WinMac] Re: Mac printing to HP LaserJet via NT

Matti Haveri(mhaveri[at]walli.uwasa.fi)
Tue, 3 Nov 1998 15:56:20 +0200

>Norman Turrill:
>
>Sounds similar to a problem I encountered. Your NT admin must define the
>printer queue as postscript; the HP printers default to PCL I beleive. The
>NT server may also need Services for Macintosh (SFM) installed on it as
>well as the latest service pack 4 (SP4) for bug fixes.

I'll try to forward this to our support staff although I wonder what
benefit I could have by printing via NT's spool (see below).

>If you really set EtherTalk active, then you should be able to see the
>printer in the Chooser and print directly to it without going through the
>NT server.

Yes, of course (silly me!). I _had_ set Ethertalk active via Telnet but I
then tried to print through NT's spool. After your reply I noticed that the
LaserJet appeared in the Chooser _also_ with its AppleTalk-name and now it
prints OK through Ethernet also!

BTW, my made unsuccesful attempts via the NT's spool from Word 6.0.1 and
SimpleText.

p.s. I didn't previously even know that you could Telnet to a printer.
Unhelpful support staff makes you learn...

Thanks!

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Matti Haveri <mhaveri@walli.uwasa.fi>
<http://www.walli.uwasa.fi/~mhaveri/>






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