RE: [WinMac] Clarification of RE: JetDirect names change: Mac pri nting

PetersJB@nswccd.navy.mil
Wed, 19 May 1999 08:26:59 -0500

I guess you missed my point which wasn't that printers *couldn't* be
identified, but rather that while using the AppleTalk protocol, the Jet
Direct factory default names make it difficult to distinguish one from
another within the Chooser.

When we have several dozen HP LaserJet 4000s scattered over 20+ buildings,
sending and retrieving test pages is a non-trivial task.

Brooks

> Reply To: On May 18, 1999 5:35 PM, Dan wrote:
>
> Let me clarify: Throw a PS test page to each printer, which lists
> the IP
> address and (stack - independent) MAC address on the sheet...
>
> At 05:31 PM 5/18/99 -0400, I wrote:
> >
> > Try using the MAC address to identify them...
> >
> >At 12:17 PM 5/14/99 -0400, Brooks Peters wrote:
> >>We have dozens of printers on our network and I see 15 generically named
> >>LaserJet 4000 printers in the Chooser. I can't imagine trying to
> identify
> >>the one I want. The half-dozen I've renamed and re-zoned are easy to
> find
> >>and use along with their NT print queue counterparts.

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