TITLE
    SMB Server: Printing and Spooler Questions
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Modified: 		4575
10/4/89
10/4/89
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    Does Apple's implementation of Token Ring allow access to IBM PC LAN
    server-based spoolers? In other words, can a Macintosh print to a LaserJet
    serviced by a spooler on an SMB Server? Can an IBM PC print to a
    LaserWriter II through the same configuration?

DISCUSSION

    As of September, 1989, we don't know of any LaserWriter IINT/NTX spooler for an
    IBM PC LAN server, or any method of printing directly from a Macintosh to a
    LaserJet on an SMB server. The SMB File Transfer Utility, which is bundled
    with the TokenTalk NB Card, provides only file transfer and translation between
    MS-DOS files on the SMB file server and the Macintoshes on the Token Ring
    network.

    To print a file from the Macintosh to the LaserJet, first transfer the file to
    the SMB server using SMB File Transfer. Then, the start the print job.

    An IBM PC running TokenTalk can print directly to LaserWriter, if the
    LaserWriter is connected to a Macintosh running the Apple Internet Router and
    the AppleShare Print Server.



Document Information
Product Area: Communications-Networking
Category: Emulation & Data Transfer with Non-Apple Computers
Sub Category: File Transfers
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