RE: [WinMac] Win2K server and Mac printer access

From: Dan Schwartz (Dan[at]BrakeAndGo.com)
Date: Mon Jun 26 2000 - 08:49:52 PDT

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    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: winmac-errors@lists.best.com
    > [mailto:winmac-errors@lists.best.com]On Behalf Of Jeff Thomas
    > Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 11:03 AM
    > To: winmac@lists.best.com
    > Subject: [WinMac] Win2K server and Mac printer access
    >
    >
    > Hello All--
    >
    > I am planning to upgrade to Win2k server next month.
    > We have several large format printers (HP-Designjet 755-PS) on
    > our network.
    > The school would like to keep track of all printing and plotting, so we
    > can charge for ink and paper usage. Currently to print from a PC you have
    > to be logged into the NT4.0 server but Mac users can print using appletalk
    > and we have no way of tracking them. The tracking and accounting software
    > I have looked at assumes all users are connected to the NT server.
    >
    > Can I force Mac users to log in to the NT server in order to print?
    >
    > Does SFM on Win2000 server support large format printers? (NT4.0 had some
    > DPI and size limits on printjobs through SFM )
    >
    > Is there a better way or better software that can monitor print jobs from
    > all platforms?
    >
    > Any Ideas would be appreciated
    >
    > Jeff Thomas
    >
    >
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