TITLE
    LaserWriter 8500: Hiding It With Print Servers
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1/20/99
6/26/00
TOPIC

    This article is about how print servers may "hide" or "capture" an Apple LaserWriter 8500.

DISCUSSION

    The Apple LaserWriter 8500 cannot be "hidden" or "captured" by print servers when you have an IP Gateway address set on the printer.

    To capture the LaserWriter 8500, first reset the Gateway address to default (0.0.0.0) using a tool such as the Apple Printer Utility or the TCP/IP Printer Configuration Utility, then hide the printer with the print server. Tips on configuring the LaserWriter 8500 via the Apple Printer Utility and TCP/IP Printer Configuration Utility may be found in the LaserWriter 8500 User's Manual. If the printer does not become hidden after setting the default Gateway address to 0.0.0.0 using one of these utilities, the likely reason is there is a BOOTP or DHCP server on your network dynamically assigning the Gateway address: work with your network administrator to configure that server to not dynamically assign a Gateway address on this printer.

    Note that when no Gateway address is set on the printer, only clients located in the subnet the printer is located in are able to print to it over TCP/IP. That is, if your network is attached to other networks, clients in the other networks will not be able to send the printer print jobs. Clients in other subnets can send their print jobs to the AppleShare IP print server to spool to the printer. Alternatively, one can set the Gateway address after the printer is hidden via the TCP/IP Printer Configuration Utility. However, if set, then when the printer is restarted it will again initially be visible to most AppleTalk nodes and when the print server attempts to hide it again (as many print spoolers do automatically or after the server receives a job to spool to the printer), this "recapture" will fail until you remove the Gateway address as mentioned above.

Document Information
Product Area: Printers
Category: LaserWriters
Sub Category: LaserWriter 8500
Keywords: knts

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