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Using printers on the AppleTalk network

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Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

Using printers on the AppleTalk network

With Services for Macintosh, both x86-based and Macintosh clients can send print jobs to printing devices or spoolers on the AppleTalk network.

The printing device must appear as a LaserWriter in the Chooser, and there must be an appropriate driver for the printing device.

Macintosh clients use printers just as they normally do, through the Chooser. If an AppleTalk printer has been set up, it can be captured so that Macintosh clients cannot access it directly. This causes Macintosh print jobs to go through the computer running Services for Macintosh and to be spooled along with print jobs from x86-based clients.

To allow any Macintosh client to print to an AppleTalk printer directly, disable the capture setting. However, if you do this, the print jobs will not be under the administrator's control.

When an AppleTalk printer is released, any Macintosh user on the AppleTalk network can use the device directly.

A printing device on AppleTalk can be captured when Print Server for Macintosh is set up and a printer is created for it. It must remain captured so that all Macintosh clients send print jobs through the computer running Services for Macintosh. If a printing device has been released, you can recapture it.

You can select another spooler instead of an actual device. However, use this type of configuration with caution. It is possible to create an endless loop of print spooling with this method.

Note

  • Print Server for Macintosh is not available on the 64-bit versions of the Windows operating systems.