[WinMac] Re: Printing from Windows to AppleShare? - LPR


Dan Schwartz(expresso[at]snip.net)
Fri, 22 Jan 1999 21:31:35 -0500


        Carl:

        Be careful with the LPR software in NT: I had a bad experience with it
this week printing to an Epson Color Stylus 3000 printer via ethernet. I
even tried a no-no: "Nailing" the IP address of the printer NIC in a LAN
served with a DHCP server. This was disappointing for me: An NT4/SP4
service failing to even partially work.

        [See, I'm an "equal opportunity" protagonist... I'll blast M$ as well as
Apple, when either is deserving!]

At 06:01 PM 1/21/99 -0600, you wrote:
>John,
>
>I know you can configure Windows NT with LPR software (comes with the OS)
>to get the print jobs to the printer. If you have this configuration,
>you can share that queue with your Windows 95 computers. Though you
>should be able to configure a similar setup directly on Windows 95, I'm
>not sure what software to install or where to get it.
>
>Though this doesn't answer your question directly, I hope it helps.
>
>Sincerely,
>Carl Ketterling
>
>P.S. You could install DAVE on a Macintosh and use it as a print server
>for the Windows 95 computers. Not my first choice, but still a
>possibility.
>
>
>On 1/20/99 7:52 PM, jss <jss@csolve.net> wrote...
>
>>I have an AppleShare IP server version 6.1. Serveral Macintosh computers
>>are connected to it including 2 Windows 95 machines. Also connected to the
>>network is a Cyclone RIP. This RIP speaks TCPP and AppleTalk.
>>The Windows machines need to print to this device via TCP, however I
>>understand that the PC's need some sort of LPR driver to see the printer.
>>
>>How can I get the Macintosh computers and the PC computers printing to
>>this device? Can I set up a TCP print queue on the server to capture this
>>device and allow the PC's to print to it or do I need to load something on
>>the PC? I do not want to load an Appletalk stack on the PC's
>>
>>John Simmonds
>>Syncron Technologies Limited
>>(Syncron)
>>(905)305-0588
>>jss@csolve.net
>>
>>
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