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In article <Stafford-141292161245@stafford.winona.msus.edu>,
Stafford@Vax2.Winona.MSUS.EDU (John Stafford) wrote:
> 
> In article <101988@netnews.upenn.edu>, msung@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Michael
> L Sung) wrote:
> > 
> > Does the Laserwriter 7 Utility work properly when used on an Ethernet
> > network?  
> 
> 	Yes.
> 
> > Everytime I try to send a PostScript file (or every time I boot
> > up the program for that matter) the program "Looks for the
> > characteristics" of the printer and never really finds it.  All of our
> > printers are hooked up to the network via Novell's Print Server software. 
> 
> Can you print normally to that Laserwriter?  If you can, then there
> is no reason the utility should not work.

Not true.  Font downloaders and PS Send utilities (like the LaserWriter
Utility program) require two-way communications with the printer, where
printing does not (strictly).  Under Novell you are printing to a print
QUEUE, not a printer, so there isn't a two-way communications link.  That's
why your utility doesn't work.

Take a look at the back of the printer you're trying to print to.  Is it
connected with the AppleTalk connector?  If so, you should be able to find
the printer in two ways in the Chooser, both it's Novell queue name (that
you're using now) and it's real AppleTalk name.  Choose the real AppleTalk
name and you're in business.  If you don't know it, just turn it off and
back on and it'll print up a startup sheet with the name on it.

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