[WinMac] Re: AppleTalk or NetWare for HPLJ5Si?

Daniel L. Schwartz(expresso[at]snip.net)
Wed, 15 Sep 1999 07:23:34 -0500

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        "[I]t works extremely well" .AND. "It won't be perfect
because there will
be an error whenever you try to print but the printer is busy with someone
else's job that you will have to hit OK for until the printer is ready for
your job." ?!

-> It seems like those two statements are mutually exclusive.

        Also, the printer is a HP LaserJet 5si, and .NOT. a 5siMX.
The difference
between the two is whether the kludge you describe will work, or not: The
5si series does .NOT. ship with the PostScript® option, while the 5siMX
does. And, last time I checked, MacOS' LPR emulation does .NOT. work with
Windows raster printers - Only with PostScript® printers.

        This actually points out how spoiled - In a good way - Mac
users are with
printing: The AppleTalk stack has, built in, PAP - Printer Access Protocol.
This provides a robust method for a workstation to communicate -
bidirectionally - with a PostScript® printer. But it has to have a
PostScript processor to take advantage of this... Something the HP 5si
lacks, but the 5siMX has.

        Cheers!
        Dan

At 11:16 PM 9/14/99 -0500, Tim S. wrote:
>There is a third option. Print to it through TCP/IP.
>
>Ask the CS group for the IP address of the printer. Find the Desktop
>Printer Utility (installed by default in the Apple Extras folder) and
>launch it. Create a new desktop LPR printer. Type in the correct IP
>address, select the correct PPD file, and configure all of the
>correct options (RAM installed, paper trays, etc...) for the printer.
>It won't be perfect because there will be an error whenever you try
>to print but the printer is busy with someone else's job that you
>will have to hit OK for until the printer is ready for your job, but
>it works extremely well and you'll be able to print from almost
>anywhere in the world if you have a direct internet connection from
>your office without a firewall.
        [cut]
>
>Tim Scoff, MCSE
>casper@nb.net
><http://www.nb.net/~casper/>

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