RE: [WinMac] hp printers used by mac's

McCaffrey, Steven J(Steven.J.McCaffrey[at]USAHQ.UnitedSpaceAlliance.com)
Wed, 11 Nov 1998 13:40:40 -0600

You could disable AppleTalk at the printer to prevent it from broadcasting
its service to the network, thus eliminating one of the Chooser entries.
However, it may be preferable to have Mac users print directly to the
printers rather than spooling to the NT server's queue, unless logging
printer usage is important or very large print jobs are typical.

Consider creating AppleTalk zones to distinguish where the print services
are coming from. For example, we use an "NT" zone for NT servers and print
queues, a "MAC" zone for AppleTalk print services and Mac file sharing, a
"NOVELL" zone for Netware servers and print queues, etc.

The shared printers established on your NT server can be in the NT zone, and
the AppleTalk print services which are broadcast from the printer's
JetDirect interface can be in the MAC zone. That way from the Chooser the
user can clearly tell whether they are setting up printing to an NT queue or
directly to the printer. Additionally, we also name the NT printers with
"NT" as a prefix at the server. Then there is no question whether a desktop
printer icon at a Mac client is pointing to a printer or to an NT queue.

On the NT server's Network control panel, select the Services tab and get
the properties of Services for Macintosh. From the General tab, set NT (for
example) as the default zone. I'm assuming you have a router or other
device where you will establish the zones. Be sure to list the MAC zone
first (on Cisco routers, anyway) if you want it to be the default zone for
all clients and printers. Otherwise use the HP LaserJet Utility to set
which zone a printer belongs to.

Another option to disable the broadcast of the AppleTalk name is to capture
the port for the printer at the NT server. This is only an option if you
set up the printer's port as an AppleTalk Printing Device. In that case,
highlight the port and click Configure; click the Help button for more
details. However, I've found more utility in just separating the printing
services by zones. Hope this helps.

Steven J. McCaffrey
Network Systems Engineer
United Space Alliance
steven.j.mccaffrey@usahq.unitedspacealliance.com

> ----------
> From: Klun, Mike L.
> Reply To: The Windows-MacOS cooperation list
> Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 1998 11:54 AM
> To: Windows-MacOS cooperation list win/mac
> Subject: [WinMac] hp printers used by mac's
>
> I have hp 5's and hp 4000tn's. I have assigned names for the appletalk
> name and I have created a printer on our nt server. The printer is
> shared for the pc's.
> When I look in the chooser on the Mac's I see two printer names for the
> same printer. Do I need to shut off appletalk on the individual
> printer? What do I need to do to make only one printer name show up in
> the chooser?
>
> Thanks for any help to can give me.
> Mike Klun
> Network Admin.
> Chisago Lakes Schools
>
>
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