[WinMac] Re: NT workstations & Apple LW IIg

Daniel L. Schwartz(expresso[at]snip.net)
Tue, 23 Mar 1999 14:53:09 -0500

At 02:16 AM 3/24/99 +0800, Michael wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>as the subject line states, I have a teaching lab with 9 Windows NT
>workstations, printing to an Apple LaserWriter IIg.
>
>It's working well, but a couple of things I'd like to know:
>
>1) When I set up the printer on an NT, it automatically sets the "Capture
>printer" option on the port, which is a pain, because then nothing else can
>see the printer. What's the use of this option, and why is it on by
>default?

        "Capturing" a printer forces the Mac users to print through the NT
spooler, as opposed to printing to it directly. Personally, I disable Print
Spooler for Macintosh and let the Macs control the PostScript printers
directly, especially if they have plenty of RAM to be used as an input buffer.

        Cheers!
        Dan

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