n67786@lehtori.tut.fi (Nieminen Tero) (01/21/91)
In article <42842@ut-emx.uucp> xdaa374@ut-emx.uucp (William T. Douglass) writes:
Can anyone steer me towards a utility that can rename a LaserWriter that
sits on another zone? The Apple utility "The Namer' only searches in the
current zone. I'm using version 2.1, dated March '86.
Thanks much (btw - it's for a zone not physically in this building, so it's
more than a matter of convenience.)
I have a question on a related topic. How is one supposed to rename
other Network resources besides printers. I have a shiva NetSerial on an
AppleTalk network and would like to give it a more descriptive name. The
shiva NetSerial software distribution did not include a utility for
renaming the boxes. Is there a utility that is capable of renaming
devices from different vendors.
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Tero Nieminen Tampere University of Technology
n67786@cc.tut.fi Tampere, Finland, EuropeHMPQC@CUNYVM.BITNET (01/22/91)
>Can anyone steer me towards a utility that can rename a LaserWriter that >sits on another zone? The Apple utility "The Namer' only searches in the >current zone. I'm using version 2.1, dated March '86. > >Thanks much (btw - it's for a zone not physically in this building, so it's >more than a matter of convenience.) I have not heard of the existence of such a utility. You have to move yourself to the zone where the LaserWriter is located. ------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Henry M. Pita ...o^o ...o^o ...o^o Internet: hmpqc@cunyvm.cuny.edu ...o^o ...o^o Bitnet: hmpqc@cunyvm "the peloton" or hpita@qcvax ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
jness@ub.d.umn.edu (Joel Ness) (01/22/91)
In article <91021.144816HMPQC@CUNYVM.BITNET> HMPQC@CUNYVM.BITNET writes: >>Can anyone steer me towards a utility that can rename a LaserWriter that >>sits on another zone? The Apple utility "The Namer' only searches in the >>current zone. I'm using version 2.1, dated March '86. >> >>Thanks much (btw - it's for a zone not physically in this building, so it's >>more than a matter of convenience.) > >I have not heard of the existence of such a utility. You have to move yourself >to the zone where the LaserWriter is located. >------- No, all you have to do is do what The Namer does - download the appropriate code to the LaserWriter. You can change the name and the "type" of the printer this way. Changing the type is handy if you picked up the LaserWriter Driver hack which lets you change a LaserWriter's type so that only people with the modified driver can see and print to it. Joel Ness INTERNET: jness@ub.d.umn.edu Information Services BITNET: JNESS@UMNDUL University of Minnesota, Duluth Phone: (218) 726-8841 Duluth, MN 55812
bytebug@dhw68k.cts.com (Roger L. Long) (01/23/91)
In article <42842@ut-emx.uucp> xdaa374@ut-emx.uucp (William T. Douglass) writes: >Can anyone steer me towards a utility that can rename a LaserWriter that >sits on another zone? The Apple utility "The Namer' only searches in the >current zone. I'm using version 2.1, dated March '86. You've got the same version I have. So, here's a way to do what you want. Get a copy of a PostScript download utility, such as SendPS (or Word 4.0), and download (print) the following PostScript program to the printer you wish to rename: serverdict begin 0 exitserver statusdict begin (LaserWriter IINT) setprintername /Helvetica-Bold findfont 20 scalefont setfont 72 386 moveto (My name is ) show 32 string printername show end showpage Hope this helps. -- Roger L. Long bytebug@dhw68k.cts.com