porres@andromeda.rutgers.edu.rutgers.edu (Luis Porres) (03/28/89)
This is my first posting to the Net so please excuse and improprieties, and any
comments (helpful ones of course will be greatly appreciated).
We have recently made the decision to install a Novell Network where I work and
I was wondering if anybody out there could answer a printer configuration
problem. We are going to be running Novell 2.15 on a PS/2 Model 80. The
work stations will consist of IBM PCs and Mac SEs. My problem is how can
I configure the printers. Must they be hung of the server or can they be
hung off of the workstations. If they can be hung off the workstations, can
they be accesed by anyone on the network or can they be accesed only by the
workstation to which they are attached.
Can both Proprinters and Imagewriters be hung off the network? Can they be
accesed by any workstation? (i.e. Can a PC access an imagewriter and can
an SE access a proprinter). Will this access be transparent to the user?
Any and all help would be appreciated. You can reply by E-mail to
porres@andromeda.rutgers.edu or
porres@draco.rutgers.edu.
Disclaimer: These questions are a product of my own ignorance not anybody
elses. If in someway I am caught answering any of these questions
the secretary will disavow any knowledge of my existence.
tim@j.cc.purdue.edu (Timothy Lange) (03/28/89)
With Netware 2.15 you can connect Macs and IBM compatibles to your Netware server. All printers connected to the server will be accessible by all workstations. Whether the Macs can actually print on an IBM Proprinter is up to the software. There are many third party applications that will allow sharing of workstation printers among other workstations (none will share with the Macs, that I know of). Any Laserwriter on the Appletalk/Localtalk can be shared by any Netware workstation. Since the Imagewriter can be an Appletalk node, I would guess it could be shared too. I know of nothing at this time that will share a printer attached to a Mac among all other Netware workstations. Tim. -- Tim Lange. Purdue U. Computing Center/MATH Bldg./W. Lafayette, IN 47907/317-494-1787 Arpanet=tim@j.cc.purdue.edu/CIS=75410,525/Bitnet=TIM@PURCCVM/Fidonet=1:201/30