[540] in IS Home Pages
Re: Printing Pages
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark A. Van Dyke)
Tue Apr 13 15:32:28 1999
To: Kris Nyzio <knyzio@MIT.EDU>
Cc: is-home@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 13 Apr 1999 15:19:45 EDT."
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Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 15:32:20 EDT
From: "Mark A. Van Dyke" <mvan@MIT.EDU>
That works too. :) I'm not sure about the basch page. Mary Ellen was
the last to modify it (in Sept 1997).
Mark
On Tue, 13 Apr 1999 15:19:45 EDT you wrote:
> Hi Mark,
> Would it work if I just removed the link from the top "Athena" listing and
> kept the three sublistings?
> Printing from Athena would point to http://web.mit.edu/olh/Printing/
> Printing from Windows95... would point to http://web.mit.edu/is/pubs/ns-56/
> Athena Printing System would point to
> http://web.mit.edu/is/help/printing/basch.html
> I'm also willing to reformat the basch page if no one owns it or is
> attached to the lovely shade of grey that it now sports.
> Just let me know...
> Kris
>
> >Hi,
> >
> >I looked into the Print pages a bit more closely and my be able shed some
> >light on the subject. "Printing to Athena Printers for Windows 95" was a
> >document written 3-4 years ago by a student before IS or the Help Desk had
> >any documentation on the subject. Basically it describes how to Print
> >from Windows 95 to a printer that uses the Athena print servers. Printers
> >that utilize the Athena Print Servers can be set to restrict access,
> >authenticated by kerberos. Apparently, the document instructions also
> >work for PCs running Windows NT.
> >
> >The "Windows NT Network Printing" page includes a section on "Printing to
> >Athena Printers" which was adapted from the Jeremy Nimmer document. It
> >also includes sections on printing to non-Athena (do no use Athena print
> >servers/non-kerberos) network printers, appletalk printers, NT workgroup
> >printers. I guess the reason why this page (Windows NT Network Printing)
> >does not include Windows 95, is because Windows 95 isn't officially
> >supported by IS.
> >
> >One other thing I noticed is that on:
> >
> >http://web.mit.edu/is/services/list.html#printing
> >
> >The "Athena" and "Printing from Athena (AC-18)" both link to the same
> >page. Should "Athena" go somewhere else? Maybe it should point to
> >"http://web.mit.edu/is/help/printing/basch.html" the "Athena Printing
> >System" and remove the "Athena Printing System" 3 links below.
> >
> >Thanks!
> >
> >Mark
>
>
>
