How we solved NT workstation printing problem (AREV Specific)
At 05 MAY 1998 06:05:57PM Jim Tassano wrote:
We had endless problems getting the workstations (we have one server and two workstations) to print properly when we switched our AREV application from a Novell network to NT. The file server printed fine, but nothing we tried could get the workstations to perform properly. A Windows application on the workstations worked fine, but not AREV. We tried writing to file (PDISK etc.) and then printing, but it was slow and tied up the workstations too long.
In frustration I ordered an Auto Switchbox for Parallel Devices (pg 75, JDR catalog #67). It allows 4 computers to share one printer. So we simply bypass the NT printer stuff and print to our local ports,then through the auto switchbox. It works great…we have no problems, and it prints instantly.