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Conference 7.286::postscript_printing

Title:Digital PostScript printers and their associated software
Moderator:REGENT::LASKOHER
Created:Wed Jan 24 1990
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:7230
Total number of notes:31971

7174.0. "LN17 DS/P and Colorwriter LSR 2000 Spooler only Netware?" by LISVAX::RIBEIRO_N (NELSON RIBEIRO @XIP) Tue Apr 22 1997 06:33

Hi all,
I have a costumer who bought an LSR2000 and a LN17 (for some reason he didn't
get the disks).
He would like to be able to manage these two kind of printers remotely.
I have downloaded the DSP and the Spooler utility to try it out on my computer
and then send them to the costumer, but i noticed that the LN17 software only
runs with netware and the LSR2000 with Appletalk, besides, these are not
windows95 applications nor NT.

The costumer has an enviroment composed of VMS, NT and windows95;
So, i would like to known if the DSP and Spooler will be released on the
windows95 and/or NT? When?
And if these two softwares will ever run on different protocols, like TCP/IP or
DECNET or even NETBEUI?

This last question is because the costumer doesn't have NETWARE and he does not
want to install it.

I known that probably this is not the right place to ask these questions, and i
have already mailed these questions to the address that appears on a internal
printers page, but probably someone who reads these notes can also answer me
these questions.

Thanks,
NelsonR.
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7174.1FUNYET::ANDERSONExchange *this*Tue Apr 22 1997 11:499
For the LN17, the DS/P software runs on Windows 3.1/3.11 only, and over the
NetWare protocol only.  This software comes from Xerox and they have no plans to
add support for Windows 95 or NT.

For the Colorwriter LSR 2000+, the utilities run on Macintosh, Windows NT and
Windows 95.  Note that this is true for the 2000+, not the 2000.  If your
printer is not a +, you can upgrade with the LNC1X-CF kit.

Paul
7174.2REGENT::LASKOTim - Printing Systems BusinessTue Apr 22 1997 11:5225
    Nelson,
    
    This is an appropriate place to ask your questions as well. Some of
    your questions have already been answered in this conference before.
    
    - LN17 and DS/P software
    
    The DS/P software is designed for Netware and is only supported on the
    Windows 3.1 platform. There are no plans to improve this software by
    the vendor that provided it to us so there is nothing we can give out.
    
    - Colorwriter LSR 2000
    
    First, be certain whether the customer has a Colorwriter LSR 2000
    (system software version 1.x, PostScript version 2013) or Colorwriter
    LSR 2000+ (system software version 2.x, PostScript version 2015). The
    original '2000 Spooler utility only works on Windows 3.1 with AppleTalk.
    
    The newer '2000+ Spooler utility only works on Windows NT and Windows
    95 with either TCP/IP or Netware. The newer version of this printer has
    many other problem fixes as well. I don't believe the newer utilities
    have made it to the internal page yet--however, they are on the
    external Digital PSB InfoCenter site:
    
    http://www.printers.digital.com/sofwar/prt_sofwar.html