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

Aaron Ciesar(aciesar[at]stroke.upmc.edu)
Thu, 09 Dec 1999 10:06:44 -0500

In my office, I use a HP 8000DN for my network laser printer. I can't say
enough about it. Fast, stable, easy to install and configure.

As others have said, be sure to get a printer with the Postscript, and
AppleTalk protocols. Managing and cross platform printing becomes a snap.

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Aaron B. Ciesar
Data Manager/Analyst
UPMC Stroke Institute


> From: John Hanks <jbh@biology.usu.edu>
> Subject: Cross Platform printer serving and accounting.
> Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1999 11:58:22 -0700
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> 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.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> jbh
> 
> John Hanks
> System Administrator
> Dept. of Biology
> Utah State University 






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