RE: [WinMac] SFM Printing from Macs

Subject: RE: [WinMac] SFM Printing from Macs
From: Perbix, Michael (PERBIX[at]lmsd.org)
Date: Fri Feb 08 2002 - 14:53:43 EST

You should be running SP6a on that box. Stop the File and Print services
for Macintosh, re-apply SP6 and see what happens. We have had a hell of a
time with SFM so I ditched it and went with EZIP and their print module as
well.

    -Mike

> -------------------------------------
> Michael Perbix
> Telecommunications Specialist
> Lower Merion School District
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Romeyn Prescott [SMTP:prescor@potsdam.edu]
> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 2:36 PM
> To: winmac@iffy.com
> Subject: [WinMac] SFM Printing from Macs
>
> Greetings,
>
> We have an aging, ailing NT4 server with SFM installed. "Something"
> is wrong with the SFM installation that I was never able to track
> down. Since the thing is a mish-mash of 5 years worth of accumulated
> print queues using every protocol known to IT science, I decided to
> perform a manual audit of the 100+ queues and create them from
> scratch on a new box (also NT4 server).
>
> I have just completed the arduous task of creating 117 print queues.
> Each prints directly to printers via TCP/IP with a few exceptions to
> accommodate AppleTalk-only printers.
>
> My problem: Macs won't print to ANY of the queues! I had "masked"
> most of the printers by making a local user (MacP) own the Print
> Server for Macintosh service, but even turning that off does not
> help. ANY communication from a Mac client (OS 9.1 on an iMac that
> can print just fine to another NT server) results in the NT box
> recognizing the attempt; both sides declare the job is "spooling", it
> sits there for awhile, and then the Mac times out.
>
> I have compared settings between a "known-good" NT box and this
> problem child and I'm blue in the face from it. Can anyone give some
> suggestion that DOESN'T involve starting over?
>
> Thanks,
> ...ROMeyn
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