Re: Mac OS 9.0.4 to Win2K server printing garbled

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From: William Smith (mecklists_at_REMOVETHIS.mn.rr.com)
Date: 05/05/04

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    In article <VCKlc.1784$s3.166816@news02.tsnz.net>,
     "MtVictoria" <MtVictoria2003@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

    > Yesterday I installed a new non-postscript Brother HL-5040 Laser, connecting
    > it to the Win 2K server via USB and I was hoping that this would fix the
    > problem. The printer prints fine from XP workstations.
    >
    > I set up the printer on the Mac (OS 9.0.4) using chooser using the
    > LaserWriter settings. When I print a page e.g. a web page from Internet
    > Explorer, the printer prints, but it's all garbled text.
    >
    snip
    >
    > Is the printer printing postscript? I thought the Microsoft RIP was meant to
    > convert the postscript to an image and send that to the printer.
    >
    > I've looked at the properties for the Brother Printer (in the print Queue)-
    > Advanced-Print Processor and see that the SFMPSPRT is set to PSCRIPT1. I
    > beleive this is correct??

    Hi Mark!

    Simply put, the Windows server is not a RIP and is spooling raw
    Postscript from the Mac to the non-Postscript printer.

    Mac OS 9 prints Postscript using the LaserWriter. Only a Postscript
    printer will be able to receive and print the information correctly
    whether through a server or directly.

    Hope this helps! bill 

    -- 
William M. Smith
(Microsoft Interop MVP)
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