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Aaron,

A couple of suggestions :

Do the HP's printers not come with some software so that you can set the
names of them for the Macintosh?  For the 4Si's it was called Printing
software installer.  The software sets up a new icon in the Chooser
specifically for HP LaserJet printers.  You can basically control what the
printer is doing from there.

Other suggestion, change the names of the printers to reflect the room they
are located in.  EG, if on level 2 of you building in room 30, why not call
it Level 2 Room 30?

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>I have a bit of a problem... In our building we have 5 HP Laserjet 5si /mx's
>and only one zone (appletalk).  We are only allowed one zone per building
>via ethernet.  The chooser sees all of these printers but the macs should
>only be printing to one.  Unfortunately they all have the same name so it is
>hard to distinguish them.  The printers are smart enough to detect
>themselves by order of when they are turned on, so depending on when your
>printer gets turned on you may be printing to HP Laserjet 5si 1 or HP
>Laserjet 5si 5, or any number in between.  Right now the only option is to
>go to the printer, print out a configuration page and see what it called
>itself to get the correct name.  Then you have to go to each mac and set up
>the chooser.  I suppose I can leave the printer on all the time and the name
>won't change, but I would like another solution.  Laser Writer Lock out
>won't work because if I lock out a specific name, a different printer may
>have that name the very next day.  I need either spooling software or an
>extenstion that can detect printers by their LAN HW address or ip address.
>Any suggestions?
>
>Aaron Brender
>Computer Operations Supervisor
>Learning Resources Department
>Texas A&M University
>notamab@acs.tamu.edu
>409-845-2316
>
>
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Bill Perger - Technician (perger@central.murdoch.edu.au)
School of Economics & Commerce
Murdoch University, MURDOCH  WA  6150, AUSTRALIA
Tel (09) 360 6042, Fax (09) 310 5004