Re: [Wirelessdriver-support] Re: Accessing Printers

[yuriwho <yu...@ma...>]

I'm Forwarding you question to the support list.

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On Monday, November 4, 2002, at 04:33  PM, Rich Richins wrote:

> I'm hoping that you can shed some additional light on how to do this 
> printer share.  I'm using a Farallon wireless card on a souped-up 
> Wallstreet (G4/500/500).  There's a G4 (OS 9.2) physically connected 
> to the ethernet (not USB).  Our printer (HP6) is also connected to the 
> ethernet.  What settings do I play with on the G4 to allow me to do 
> this print sharing thing?
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>> Well I guess if you consider an AppleTalk printer "not physically
>> connected", then yes.
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>> I would say that as a rule any printer that is accessible to a 
>> computer
>> (server) in the Print Center can certainly be shared by that server 
>> simply
>> by turning on Printer Sharing under the Sharing System Preferences 
>> panel.
>>
>> So, if you have one server on your network which has Appletalk and/or 
>> USB
>> connectivity to any number of printers, then that server can share 
>> those
>> printers for the benefit of the rest of the computers on your 
>> network. The
>> other computers need not have AppleTalk connectivity because the 
>> Jaguar
>> printer sharing is clearly done over IP. On the "other systems", don't
>> define any printers explicitly, simply note that all the shared 
>> printers
>> will magically pop up in the Print Center as soon as the print server 
>> shares
>> them.
>>
>> I think that it is probably a good idea in general to reduce 
>> confusion on
>> the part of the printers to do this; that is to have one machine 
>> share all
>> the printers and the other systems use the shared printers instead of
>> defining printers themselves. Or not. It was just a thought.
>>
>> Bruce Thomson
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>> I just printed from a G3 PowerBook with Orinoco Gold to a printer 
>> ethernet-connected to my G4 Quicksilver, both computers using Jaguar.
>>
>> I set the Sharing preference on the G4 to Printer Sharing. I deleted 
>> all the deletable printers in the Print Center on the PowerBook, then 
>> used the remaining printer to print. (The printer showed up in the 
>> Print Center "magically.")
>>
>> Thanks to Bruce Thomson and others who have posted helpful comments 
>> and suggestions.
>>
>> Happy and amazed,
>>
>> Ev
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