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- Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 09:01:59 +1000
- Sender: User Services List <ADVISE-L@UGA.BITNET>
- From: Vicki.Wilder@CC.UTAS.EDU.AU
- Subject: Re: lab spooling
- Comments: To: User Services List <ADVISE-L@VM1.NoDak.EDU>
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- Hello Sascha,
-
- Technically, you should not be able to bypass our system either - it works
- on the same principal, however, students are doing it but I do not want to
- go into detail over the net. I wouldn't want to advertise how it is done!
- Who knows, maybe this is happening everywhere. We only found out because
- another student dobbed them in.
-
- >Vicki,
- >
- >we also use a copycard system for our laserprinter, but with PC's.
- >
- >The copycard-box is joint to the paperoutsensor of our QMS 400 laser-
- >printers - if there is no card plugged in, the printer is in the same
- >status as if there would be no paper. As this way of controling the
- >printout is only based on the printer hardware it is impossible to
- >bypass the system.
- >
- >The spooler problems you talked about are quite simmilar in our DOS
- >based system and there seems to be no practicable solution.
- >
- >-Sascha-
- -VickiW-
- Vicki.Wilder, Computer Operator. E-Mail:Vicki.Wilder@cc.utas.edu.au
- Computing Centre Applelink: AUST0221
- University of Tasmania Phone: (002) 20-2811 Fax: (002) 23-1772
- GPO Box 252C, Hobart Note: internationally, dial (+61-02)
- Tasmania 7001. AUSTRALIA instead of (002)
-