joseph@cooper.UUCP (Joe Giannuzzi) (09/15/87)
I posted a similar article last Thursday but have no idea if it went out or if anyone responded to it since our system was done from Thursday @ 4pm to Monday @ 4pm due to some damn IOA errors. (we're talking dead folks) Anyway, I read about a week ago that it was possible to burn a password into the LaserWriter. How is this done? I've combed through the docs with no luck. Also, once this is done, how and when do you enter the password so that the LaserWriter can be used. The whole idea here is that we would like to have people input a password before they are able to print things out. We need to do this because all kinds of pages are being printed out by everyone who shouldn't be using it at all. (especially for draft copies and 50 copies of a resume!) Is there an alternative method of doing this? Maybe Chooser could have a password that must be entered before the LaserWriter can be selected. We had been remove LaserPrep from our HD so that it would ask for the Printer Installer disk before it could print. Unfortunately some people caught on and made copies of this disk that they use. Someone help, please!!! Thanx in advance (if anyone had enough patience to read this verbosity) Joe Gunoz cmcl2!phri!cooper!joseph "The answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything is ... forty two."
zwicky@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Elizabeth Zwicky) (09/21/87)
In article <1013@cooper.UUCP> joseph@cooper.UUCP (Joe Giannuzzi) writes: > >Anyway, I read about a week ago that it was possible to burn a password into >the LaserWriter. How is this done? I've combed through the docs with no >luck. Also, once this is done, how and when do you enter the password so >that the LaserWriter can be used. > >Joe Gunoz cmcl2!phri!cooper!joseph > >"The answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, > and everything is ... forty two." There is already a password in your LaserWriter; it's 0. It is mentioned in the documentation, in the LaserWriter appendix to the PostScript docs. It is a persistent parameter in the EEROM. To change it, you can download a PostScript program that looks something like this: serverdict begin 0 exitserver 0 NEWPASSWORDHERE setpassword where NEWPASSWORDHERE is replaced by the new password. WARNING!!!!: in order to start the printer, the printer driver must know the printer password. IF YOU DO THIS, NOBODY WILL BE ABLE TO PRINT UNTIL YOU CHANGE THE PRINTER DRIVERS. (You will also not be able to change the password unless you know it) Therefore, changing the password is not a good ides unless you know how to change the software - which I don't. Even so, everybody after the first user will be able to print - the password is only necessary to install the quickdraw compatibility stuff. All in all, changing the passowrd is not a bright idea. A hint: If you do this (or some clever soul does it to you), and you don't know what the password is to fix it, remove the EEROM, and you will be able to print again. Of course, if you don't send it back to Adobe to be reprogrammed, you'll never be able to change any of its parameters from their defaults. This can be a real annoyance if, like us, you want new values of all sorts of things. (The printer name is in the EEROM, for instance) Elizabeth Zwicky