Re: [WinMac] Print spooling off an NT Server

Alan Cairns(support[at]uweb.engr.washington.edu)
Wed, 9 Jun 1999 22:46:35 -0700

>Hi all,
>
>apparently, Win95/98 PCs can't directly print to Apple LaserWriters
>(although WinNT workstations can), so usually we have a WinNT server to do
>the job (connect to the printers and share them across the network).
>

I ran in to the same problem last week. Two new Windows 95 and 98
machines were added to our network of Macs/UNIX machines. I was able
to get them to print via the NT server I set up but not directly. I
made the Apple LaserWriter 16/600 a fixed IP address and using LPR
created a solution courtesy of:

http://shadowland.cc.utexas.edu/acitslpr.htm

Hope this helps.
Alan

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