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Started by Michael L. Sung
Mon, 12 Dec 1994 18:46
APPLETALK PRINTING - HIDING CHOOSER DEVICES
Author: Michael L. Sung
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 1994 18:46
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 1994 18:46
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We have a serious problem and would appreciate any help anybody can offer. I will post a summary if and when I get enough replies. SITUATION: We are in a university environment with several separate schools, each with their own subnet. There is, however, campus-wide Appletalk, which means that someone on an Mac in the engineering school can access Appletalk services all the way over in the business school for example. PROBLEM: We have several printers that we would like to RESTRICT access to. (We only want people in our Appletalk zone to see and have access to these printers). The problem is that if we turn on these printers, everyone across campus can theoretically print out hundreds of pages to these printers. PROBLEM #2: Netware 3.11 has a printer "hiding" utility. It takes the Appletalk printer off the network and assigns it a NW_ queue which handles all printing. This is fine and dandy, but it appears that printing PostScript Level 2 through this configuration is unreliable. Apparently, there are a few incompatibilities involved in this setup, so it's unacceptable for our operations unfortunately. QUESTION: Is there some sort of utility that can "hide" our printers and other Appletalk resources from other Macintosh users across campus (that have access through campus-wide Appletalk?) We need a solution that is specific to our zone. (I have heard of Laserwriter Lockout, but that wouldn't work in our situation.) Please help if you can! Thanks in advance for any replies, and I will post a summary when I get enough information. Michael L. Sung msung@eniac.seas.upenn.edu
Re: APPLETALK PRINTING - HIDING CHOOSER DEVICES
Author: Jeff Medcalf
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 1994 21:24
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 1994 21:24
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As far as I can see, there are two good choices.
1) Configure your router so that packets from the printers do not reach
past it. Then, the NBP information necessary for the printer to show up
in Choosers outside of your zone is not there, so they cannot get to
your printers.
2) Install a spooler like Co-Operative Printing Solutions' PServe.
This is very reliable, and has a feature to change the NBP type of the
printer to LaserHider, so that only PServe sees it. Pserve then
broadcasts queues to the net. Beware, PServe only handles 8 printers
per print server.
Luck
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jeffm@metronet.com Jeff Medcalf
"They can have my Mac when they pry it from my cold, dead fingers."
-Jan Bordeleau
Re: APPLETALK PRINTING - HIDING CHOOSER DEVICES
Author: William Hay
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 1994 04:40
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 1994 04:40
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In article <3ci5q4$hgd@netnews.upenn.edu>, msung@blue.seas.upenn.edu (Michael L. Sung) wrote: > We have a serious problem and would appreciate any help anybody can > offer. I will post a summary if and when I get enough replies. > > SITUATION: We are in a university environment with several separate > schools, each with their own subnet. There is, however, campus-wide > Appletalk, which means that someone on an Mac in the engineering school > can access Appletalk services all the way over in the business school for > example. Quickdraw GX will allow you to password protect printers and otherwise limit access; too bad it's not quite ready for prime time yet... Will ____________________ William Hay whay@siena.com
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