AppleShare Print Server: Capture and Release Questions



I have some questions on AppleShare Print Server:

A) If a printer is "captured" for print service, can another user, who
is not set up with the "captured" LaserWriter spooler in the Chooser,
print to that printer directly or is that printer unavailable?

B) It is not clear to me from reading the manual if the captured
printer is always releaseable. What are the parameters for releasing a
printer?

C) We currently have five LaserWriters that we plan to capture for
print service. In the next two months we plan to add two more
printers. How will we be able to capture those printers for service on
the network? Will we have to buy another AppleShare Print Server? If
so, can we run two print servers on the same file server? How is this
best accomplished?

Here are the answers to your A) If you select Printing, Spooling, and Bypass in the Options dialog
box, the captured printer can be printed or spooled to directly. Both
options will be available to all users in their Choosers.

B) A captured printer can always be released. To release a printer
from the spooler:
1. choose Setup from the File menu
Printer Types box
3. select the particular printer you want to release
4. click the Release button.

C) The AppleShare print server can capture from one to five printers,
depending on the amount of RAM available to the print server
application. To capture more than 5 printers you will need a second
print server system.





Published Date: Feb 18, 2012