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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

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