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From: tim@J.CC.PURDUE.EDU (Timothy Lange)
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Subject: Re:  Banner page identification.
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Date: 15 Jan 90 21:00:30 GMT
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I use the NAME= feature on the NPRINT and CAPTURE commands to differentiate
stations with the same login.

My lab has 33 machines, all use the guest login.  In the system login
script I have 33 if tests and use the physical ethernet address to assign
a machine number (1-33) to a DOS environment variable (ST=xx).  CAPTURE
is done in the autoexec after network login, so I just add NAME=%ST% to
the command.  Since my network printers are Postscript only, I use a
set of batch files to do printing via NPRINT (some print directly,
some filter plain text into postscript), again I use the NAME=%ST% in
the batch file.

Now before everyone flames me about HOW DO YOU DO A BANNER on a
Postscript printer, it does it because the printers are connected via
Appletalk to Netware server X which is connected to Netware server Y.
Y serves the lab of 33 machines.  Whether Macs or PCs print to the
Netware queue that is serviced by the Apple lasers, they all get a
banner.

Tim.