Setup overview, Step 1: read “before you begin – Apple Mac OS X Server (Administrator’s Guide) User Manual
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Print Service
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Who Can Use Shared Printers?
Shared printers can be used over the network by users who submit print jobs using
AppleTalk, LPR, or Server Message Block (SMB) protocols:
Macintosh computers support AppleTalk and LPR. Windows computers use LPR and SMB.
UNIX computers use LPR. See “Setting Up Printing on Client Computers” on page 323.
Setup Overview
Here is an overview of the basic steps for setting up print service:
Step 1:
Read “Before You Begin”
Read “Before You Begin” on page 319 for issues that you should consider before setting up
print service.
Mac OS X user
(printers selected
using Print Center)
Mac OS 9 user
(printers selected
using Desktop
Printer Utility)
UNIX user
user
(printers selected
using Print Center)
Mac OS 8 and
Mac OS 9 users
(printers selected
using Desktop
Printer Utility)
UNIX user
Windows NT
and Windows
2000 users
Windows NT
and Windows
2000 users
Windows 95,
98, and
ME users
Mac OS X Server
LPR
AppleTalk
SMB