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From: chris@accuvax.nwu.edu (Chris Krohn)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re: AppleShare Printer Spooling
Keywords: Printer Spooling
Message-ID: <1656@accuvax.nwu.edu>
Date: 27 Nov 89 17:52:58 GMT
References: <504@usage.csd.unsw.oz>
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In article <504@usage.csd.unsw.oz> haines@usage.csd.unsw.oz (Dr Ron Haines) writes:
##
##Some questions on the AppleShare Print Spooler:
##1. If you have configured the spooler to spool to a particular printer,
##can users then choose to bypass the spooler ? (say they were spooling
##to their local hard disk using  the background printing option)

	At the Print Server console, you can choose in the OPTIONS dialog
for each printer whether or not to allow Bypass.  If you turn it on, users
may bypass the spooler and print directly to the printer.

##2. If the answer to 1 is 'yes', then does a user who chooses to bypass
##the spooler get a genuine direct connection to the printer or does the
##spooler still act as an intermediary between the user's mac and the
##printer?

	Genuine direct connection.

##3. Can the server and the printer it's spooling to be in different
##zones?

	I have not actually tried this, but I believe that the software will
allow you to capture a printer in a different zone.  This would probably
generate quite a bit of traffic over whatever bridge you are using to separate
the zones, and therefore doesn't seem like a good idea.

##4. Is there any way for users to inspect (but not alter) the printer
##queues?

	Not without extra software of some sort.  I've had good luck with
Timbuktu from Farallon Computing.  This software enables you to either view
or control the server machine from a workstation on the network.  You could
set up Timbuktu so that users would have the ability to view a replica of
the server's screen at their individual mac, but not have the ability to
control it.  There might be an issue of network traffic here, depending on
the number of worksations which would be using Timbuktu simultaneously.


##5. How much memory does the spooler require in the server, say to
##spool to 3 LaserWriters?
##

	I think it only requires 1 Mb, but if this server is responsible for
three LWs, and at the same time is expected to perform file service, 2 Mb
(or more depending on the number of users) may be in order.

##Thanks to those who have time to respond,
##Ron Haines
##haines@usage.csd.unsw.oz.au


Chris Krohn
chris@nuacc.acns.nwu.edu


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