Mac Printing to a Novell 4 server

[dakota81]

I've got a PowerPC 8100/80 Macintosh running MacOS 7.6. I successfully got the Mac to connect and read the Novell server by turning on Novell's Apple Talk software that's included with Netware. Hooked up to the Mac I'm using the built in AAUPI (is that the correct acronym?) with an adapter converting the plug to twisted pair cable. I can read the files from the server, so that is accomplished. I'm just using the built-in Apple Talk software that is already on the Mac.

Now I'm stuck trying to connect to a printer. I have an Apple LaserWriter Pro 600 with a print server connected to the parallel port of the printer and a twisted pair cable connecting the print server to the ethernet hub. The Novell server has a queue for the printer and I can access the printer fine from our PC's. But I am at a loss getting the Macintosh to use the printer, I cannot even figure out how to get the Mac to even see that the printer exists.

Any help?

 

[DrGreen26]

You have two options here. One is to install the Client from Protocom that will help you eliminate appletalk and use IPX and IP..

Second, if I am nto mistaken if you use appltalk, then your printer must also support appletalk. I need to revisit this in my book since it has been a while. I would recommend doing the first item as this would make the protocols the same throughout the network.


Mark C. Greenwood, CNE
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CNE 4.11 and CNE 5 certified. BS Degree in MIS. Working in the industry for 8 years.

I work with NT servers, NDS for NT as well.