Re: [WinMac] Re: Cross Platform printer serving and accounting.

Bruce Johnson(johnson[at]Pharmacy.Arizona.EDU)
Tue, 7 Dec 1999 14:26:05 -0700 (MST)

Well, I like the 5si series, too. The one we have is a Mack Truck of
printers.

Too bad they don't make them anymore, though.

A _shipping_ printer would probably be a better solution for someone
looking for something now. :-/

However, in our (so far limited I think we have two or three 4000's
installed and a handful of 2000's) experience, the new HP x000 series seem
to be working pretty well, too. Well enough to recommend them, anyway. I
_definitely_ second Dan's suggestion regarding PostScript, though. _Much_
simpler to deal with than wrestling with PCL in any but an all-windows
environment.

Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group

Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs

On Tue, 7 Dec 1999, Daniel L. Schwartz wrote:

>
> Personally, I like the LaserJet 4Si or 5Si series laser printers: They are
> bulletproof. Just make sure you get the PostScript option, which gives you
> AppleTalk as well. This makes administering it a LOT easier, since
> AppleTalk has PAP (Printer Access Protocol) built in; i.e. the NT Server
> acting as a spooler doesn't need to be hooked up via parallel cable - The
> communications link between the spooler and the printer is via AppleTalk...
> And it works VERY well, too!
>
> Cheers!
> Dan
>
> At 11:58 AM 12/7/99 -0700, you wrote:
> >I would like to move away from maintaining lots of individual printers and
> >toward a centralized printing solution and have come here for the usual
> >wealth of information and suggestions. Our situation is an NT domain for
> >user and group management and several NT servers capable of doing print
> >server duty (but I'm willing to look at a linux based solution.) Clients are
> >a mix of 2/3 NT and 1/3 Macs with a sprinkle of Linux machines. What I want
> >to be able to do is host a nice laser printer and a color inkjet with the
> >ability to maintain accounting information, specifically a per account page
> >count, for each printer. Can someone recommend printer server and/or
> >accounting software that will do this and uses our existing NT user
> >accounts?
> >
> >Recommendations for an office laser printer and an inkjet would be
> >appreciated as well. I'm inclined to go with the HP 4000 series for the
> >laser and a networked epson for the inkjet.

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