From: jeffc@comb1.comb.umd.edu (Jeff Clowser; IRG)
Subject: Re: NetWare Question
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: University of Maryland, Center of Marine Biotechnology
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 21:47:00 GMT

In article <1992Nov11.134804.3289@homebase.vistachrome.com>, eric@homebase.vistachrome.com (Eric Brunson) writes...
>yang@acs.ucalgary.ca (David Yang) writes:
> 
>>In article <yang-101192104639@comm-mac-ii.acs.ucalgary.ca>,
>>yang@acs.ucalgary.ca (David Yang) wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Here is a problem that just cropped up at our site. We have a lab that has
>>> been upgraded from netware 2.15 to 3.11. The server is a 486 machine with
>>> an ethernet card and an appleshare card installed. We have Mac's off the
>>                          ^^^^^^^^^^
>>Sorry folks, I meant LocalTalk (IE DL2000) Thanks to Chris Ranch for
>>pointing this out to me.
> 
>>> ethernet (Zone Etalk) and IW printers on localtalk (Zone IWPrinter)
>>> connected to ethernet by liaison. We have two Mac's off the appleshare card
>>> each with dedicated laser printers (Zone Laser). 
>>> 
>>> Our problem is, the Mac's on ethernet can see the laser printers. This was
>>> not a problem on 2.15. Is there a way the server can stop the broadcasting
>>> of the laser printer zone?
>>> 
>>> Thanks.
>>> 
>>> -Dave
>There should have been a PostScript file (HIDELW.PS) or some such, that came
>with the ATPS.NLM.  This can be downloaded to the printer to change it's
>device type from LaserWriter to hiddenwriter and will prevent it from being
>seen in the chooser.
> 
>If you don't have the file you can create one.  It looks like this:
> 
>%!
>serverdict begin 0 exitserver
>stausdict begin
>(TheNameOfMyPrinter:hiddenwriter@*) setprintername
>end
> 
>Just type this into a dos machine and print it to the queue, or create
>a doc on the mac and use SendPS or DownloadPS or the LaserWriter Font
>Util to send it to the printer.
> 
>It's different for a LWIIf and g, if you have any of those I can send you 
>the program.
>I'm not positive, and I'm too lazy to walk over to the manual, but there
>might be a switch in the ATPS.CFG file to hide the laser.
> 
>-- 
> ------------------------------
>| | Dear Auntie Em,            |     Eric Brunson
>|o|    I hate Kansas.  I hate  |     eric@vistachrome.com
>| |    the farm.  I hate you.  |     brunson@math.fsu.edu
>| |    I'm leaving.            |
>| |               Dorothy      |
>|o| P.S.                       |
>| |   Took the dog.            |


There's a much easier way to do this - in the config.atps, using the install
NLM, create a print queue (which Macs see in chooser, and PC's can print to
as well), and use the -h option to hide the printer.  For this to take effect,
you have to unload atps and load it again.

Unfortunately, if the printer is turned off, then back on, it will reappear
(although this should happen with both solutions).  One would think Novell
could be smart enough to realize this and re-hide it...

Also, make sure you are using the netware 4 mac NLM 3.011 instead of 3.01,
esp. if you are printing to the printers from PC's.  There are a number of
bug fixes in the new version, mostly, it seems, for ATPS.

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Jeff Clowser		    			     "A keyboard... how quaint"
JeffC@comb1.comb.umd.edu
Network Administrator, Macintosh Technical Support
Information Resources Group, Maryland Biotechnology Institute
University of Maryland