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Print Server for Macintosh

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

When Services for Macintosh is set up, several AppleTalk services (such as Print Server for Macintosh) become integrated with the operating system. Print Server for Macintosh makes printers connected to the computer running Services for Macintosh available to Macintosh clients, and it makes AppleTalk PostScript printers (with LaserWriter drivers) available to x86-based clients.

When Print Server for Macintosh receives print jobs, it sends them to a spooler, which is a portion of the print server hard disk. The spooler then sends the print job to the specified printing device; for example, to a printing device on the AppleTalk network. This enables Macintosh users, as well as users of x86-based computers, to submit print jobs and continue working on their computers without waiting for the print job to finish.

Print Server for Macintosh also translates all incoming PostScript files if the print request is to a non-PostScript printer attached to the computer running Services for Macintosh. A Macintosh client (but not a Windows-based client) can send a PostScript job to any printer that is connected to a computer that is running Services for Macintosh.

Whether printing devices are attached to the computer running Services for Macintosh or are located elsewhere on the AppleTalk network, the Printers folder displays a list of print jobs for the respective printers you created to represent the devices. By default, each list presents jobs in first-in, first-out (FIFO) order. You can change the priority of jobs, however, and specify permissions for the printer and times for print jobs to run.

Notes

  • This implementation of PostScript Routing Information Protocol (RIP) supports 300 dpi and Postscript level 1.

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