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- From: yoko@research.nj.nec.com (Yoko Ozawa)
- Subject: CAP6.0 pl126 with Sys7 and Sys6? (printer list problem)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.233222.10433@research.nj.nec.com>
- Originator: yoko@research.nj.nec.com
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- Organization: NEC Research Institute
- References: <Bxtuso.Au8@max.physics.sunysb.edu>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 92 23:32:22 GMT
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- Hello, all you CAP experts out there !!! :-)
-
- After much debate, we decided to do the right thing and install CAP
- for our Mac users. The CAP is running on a Sun and everything seemed
- fine -- ^^^^^^
-
- o Auf volumes can be mounted from the Chooser
- o With Sharing turned on, users can make his/her HD accessible
- to the LAN from the Chooser
- o All the network printers we wanted to make available to Mac
- users are accessible from the Chooser and print without
- problems
-
- Just what CAP is supposed to do! We were elated and our System
- Manager was ecstatic ! ... until we looked at the Chooser printer
- list from a System 6.0.7 + System 7 printing. (is this, by
- definition, System 6.0.8? I wish to differentiate because I didn't
- use an official "System 6.0.8 Installer" but simply installed with
- System 7 Printing Disk)
-
- Instead of giving us a beautifully sorted printer list, the System 6
- Chooser only provides a partial list (only 10 instead of ~20 printers)
- in random order.
-
- While I am responsible for Macintosh support here, this is my first
- venture into the "Wonderful World of Networked Macs" at this scale.
- Unix-side support is provided by someone-else ... although I'm
- learning ;-)
-
- Can someone tell me what is wrong here? I'll provide some more
- details on the Mac configuration --
-
- o Each Macintosh OS and AppleShare is installed using the
- 6.0.7 installer disks
- o EtherTalk is installed using Network Products Installer v1.4
- and EtherTalk Installer v2.0.1 (EtherTalk Phase 2)
- o MacTCP 1.1
-
- If Unix-side information is needed, I'll get them. Please (!!!) ask me.
-
- Although the few System 7.0.1 users are happy as a clam with CAP, most
- of our conservative users are running the above configuration.
- General concensus is that they are willing to upgrade to System 7.0.1
- if need be, but are concerned about compatibility and stability. Many
- are running experiments and (regardless of what they say) will NOT be
- happy if things suddenly stop working. :-<
-
- I would appreciate any scrap of wisdom.
-
- Thanks in advance!
-
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- Yoko Ozawa : NEC Research Institute, Inc.: yoko@research.nj.nec.com
- Technical Administrator: 4 Independence Way : 609 951-2511 (voice)
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- Yoko Ozawa : NEC Research Institute, Inc.: yoko@research.nj.nec.com
- Technical Administrator: 4 Independence Way : 609 951-2511 (voice)
- ......................:.Princeton, NJ 08540.........:.609 951-2480 (fax ).....
-