Re: Printing from mac thru 2000 server

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Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2004 13:00:21 +0200

Hi,
i read somewhere that mac default prints in postscript 2 .. so if your using
pcl or ps3 drivers on the w2ksrv that might be the prob ...
Just a quick thought..
regards

"William Smith" <mecklists@REMOVETHIS.mn.rr.com> wrote in message
news:mecklists-960509.11452806062004@msnews.microsoft.com...
> In article <1866a01c44b73$08ed2ce0$a601280a@phx.gbl>,
> "Dana Netz" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> > .. one thing that's probably important .. the Mac is
> > running 7.5.5 .. can I still connect with something that
> > old??
> >
> >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >... actually I checked and I'm running SP4
> > >
> > >... had to jump thru some hoops because my AppleTalk
> > >stopped working .. I had to seed the network .. first
> > time
> > >that I've ever had to do this .. is this something
> > >required by Win2k??
> > >
> > >... the printer is seen by Chooser but when I select it
> > and
> > >try to re-setup the printer it gives me an error .. I try
> > >to print from the Mac app and it goes thru the "finding
> > >printer" "sending job to printer" and it looks like it's
> > >successful .. but at the very end it says "Due to a
> > >communications error the document could not be printed"
>
> Hi Dana!
>
> You shouldn't have to seed the network unless you're using your server
> as a router to connect two physically different Appletalk networks. If
> you're not sure of what I'm talking about then you're most likely not
> doing this. I would highly suggest you disable any Appletalk routing on
> your server because this is increasing its overhead. Be sure to reboot
> your server after doing this and then reboot every Mac and Appletalk
> printer on your network afterward so that they will all self-assign
> themselves places on the network.
>
> If you're indeed running Windows 2000 Server sp4 then you may want to
> contact your Microsoft representative and ask him to research a hotfix
> that was released after sp4 to correct some Mac printing problems. I'm
> not sure if this is your need, but it's worth looking into.
>
> Finally, is there a need to have your Mac print through the server? Does
> your HP printer have Appletalk built in? Have you connected from the
> server to the printer using Appletalk and then captured the printer? If
> so, then you may just want to disable Print Services for Macintosh
> altogether and let your Mac print directly to the printer itself. I'm
> not sure about the printer driver that comes with System 7.5.5 but you
> may want to look into the 7.6.1 updates found here at Apple's site
> <http://www.info.apple.com/support/oldersoftwarelist.html#system> to see
> if they're something you can use.
>
> Hope this helps! bill
> --
> William M. Smith
> (Microsoft Interop MVP)

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