Limiting printers/faxes to specific users

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From: Paul S. Sears
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1992 15:53

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What exactly is the _writers property for under the printer/fax entry in  
Netinfo??

I was wondering if I could use this property to only allow specific users to  
print to this printer.  Or is this just to allow modifications to the  
printers/fax modems themselves.  If this is the case, does anyone know of a  
way to only allow specific users to use a printer?  Is there anyway to limit  
who can _send_ faxes since using the printmanager it is easy to limit who can  
receive them but it seems (by looking at the logs) that anyone can send? 

I cannot simply limit which machines see the printer because this printer will  
be located in a lab setting and thus, it is currently accessable to anyone...
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