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From: hedstrom@uvicctr.UVic.CA.UUCP (Brad Hedstrom)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Printer Spooler/Server
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Date: 20 Mar 90 18:03:04 GMT
Organization: University of Victoria, Victoria B.C. Canada
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I've been investigating printer spoolers for our LocalTalk LAN. The "Inside
AppleTalk" book has a nice chapter (14) on spoolers and my question is: With a
dedicated Mac spooler/server has anyone implemented any of the ideas presented
in this chapter? The functionality that I require are:

	* accounting
	* user authentication

We currently have four Macs connected to a LaserWriter IINT. Any graduate
student has access to the Macs but for operating expenses, we need to know who
is printing how much. Thus the user should have to send a username and
password before his/her job is printed. 

We also have recently installed a GatorBox and soon will have printing from
the UNIX side also. At this time the LaserWriter is on LocalTalk but we may
hang it of the serial port of a Sun 3/50 which would be the spooler. Does
anyone know it the user authentication could (or is) implemented with a Sun as
the spooler?
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Brad Hedstrom, University of Victoria, ECE Dept.
Internet:  hedstrom@sirius.uvic.ca
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