TOPIC
I noticed when a printer is busy processing print jobs sent to it from clients, print jobs sent to the printer via an AppleShare IP Print Server do not print until all of the other jobs are completed. Why is this so?
DISCUSSION The AppleShare IP Print Server was designed so that when there are AppleTalk jobs waiting to be printed from both clients and ASIP, the clients' jobs print first. Should you wish all AppleTalk print jobs for a printer to print on a first come, first serve basis, consider enabling the ASIP Print Server option to hide the printer. When the printer is hidden, the printer will no longer appear in the Chooser so to print to the printer, clients will select the ASIP print queue. Thereafter, all AppleTalk jobs sent to the printer will be done via ASIP Print Server and will be processed on a first come, first serve basis. Printing via a print server may help you to be more productive because when you select to print, your jobs will be spooled to the ASIP Print Server quickly where they are stored and printed as the printer becomes available; meanwhile you can use your computer to tackle other tasks instead of waiting for your documents to print. Another ASIP feature which also helps reduce the wait time for printing is to create a print queue with multiple printers attached to it, so several documents in the queue can print at the same time on different printers. |
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| Product Area: | Apple Software; Communications-Networking |
| Category: | AppleShare |
| Sub Category: | AppleShare/Print Server |
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