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From: hv@uwasa.fi (Harri Valkama)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: How to hide a LaserWriter on AppleTalk ?
Message-ID: <1991Feb27.153020.4249@uwasa.fi>
Date: 27 Feb 91 15:30:20 GMT
References: <1991Feb26.181949.122@cnedcu51.bitnet>
Organization: University of Vaasa
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In article <1991Feb26.181949.122@cnedcu51.bitnet> ccwenker@cnedcu51.bitnet (Laurent Wenker) writes:
>I read in the help of ADMIN/MSA, that your can use the qualifier /HIDDEN
>with ADD PRINTER to hide a LaserWriter on the AppleTalk network, so that only
>VAXShare can use it. But this qualifier is not documented in the doc, and...
>it does not work !
>
>Has someone an idea for hidding a LaserWriter on AppleTalk, so that user
>obliged to use VAXShare. By this way, I can do an accounting of printed
>pages.
>
>BTW, we've solved the problem of accounting with VAXShare Print Service on a
>LPS (Digital PostScript Printer) and with a LaserWriter if you can answer to 
>this question.

With GatorBox you can also do the hiding pretty easily. And then there
is a one software solution called lwlockout. I haven't tried that last
one mentioned but we use now the former.

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