RE: (Fwd) Re: [WinMac] RE: Print Services Died

Beth Gemeny(bethg[at]hhn.com)
Wed, 11 Nov 1998 09:55:31 -0800

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Hi, Thanks all! This has been helpful. I didn't think about stopping and
restarting the Mac File Service (which might be the equivalent Appletalk
component on NT) That's a sparkling idea.

I am also creating a PO for a LaserWriter....

Cheers,

Beth:0)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: winmac@xerxes.frit.utexas.edu
> [mailto:winmac@xerxes.frit.utexas.edu]On Behalf Of Bill Chapman
> Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 1998 4:44 AM
> To: winmac@xerxes.frit.utexas.edu
> Subject: (Fwd) Re: [WinMac] RE: Print Services Died
>
>
>
> >This solution may not be related at all, since my
> environment is a Novell
> >3.11 network with apple support. We have a situation very
> similar, that
> >appears to be caused by the Laserwriter Bridge product
> (which allows a
> >local laserwriter on the printer port to be announced to the
> appletalk
> >network as if it were a real network printer).
> >
> >When the real bridge that connects our building to the
> campus backbone
> >goes down, this laserwriter bridge product somehow causes
> all appletalk
> >connections to go crazy.
> >
> >Our typical solution is to restart any macintoshes and
> printers, and to
> >stop and restart appletalk support on the server. We do not have to
> >reboot the entire server, just stop and restart appletalk. If your
> >situation is analogous, it may save some time.
> >
> >We haven't had the problem since we got a real network aware
> printer, and
> >stopped sharing the laserwriter NT that was connected to this mac.
> >
> >--Bill
> >
>
>
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