Hi all
Ok Apple have decided to change the way print shares work on their newish server software 10.8. You do not have to enable the print service via Server Admin anymore. You now have to share printers from the print and fax area like you would if you were sharing out printers from a client Mac workstation.
So my scenario is as follows: Xerox DC 252/Fiery EX260 : Adobe CS 5.5
I create a printer using the LPD protocol on the Mac Server 10.8 and share this out so all users can print.
I connect to this share from a Mac 10.8 workstation using the 'bonjour shared' option. I use the same installed driver on both the server and the workstation. I send a job from FireFox, and any of the Adobe design apps, and the job either comes down as 'unknown' or there is no job name at all when checking the Fiery queue using Command Workstation (Fiery App to check the queue status etc.)
As there is no official driver written for OSX 10.8 for this product I have also tried using the Fiery Express driver (apparently works on 10.8) on both platforms (so they marry up) but i still get the same issue
If I choose to use standard bonjour and not bonjour shared Firefox's job name comes down correctly but the Adobe design apps do not
If I try this from a 10.6.8 workstation it works with no issues. It also works if I print from a 10.8 Workstation to Mac Server 10.6.8.
So I can only deduce there is an issue here printing from 10.8 workstation to 10.8 server.
Any ideas on why this is happening? Is there another way I can connect to the Mac server share other than bonjour or bonjour shared?
Excuse the lengthy post but I had to get it all in there
Cheers for reading
Ok Apple have decided to change the way print shares work on their newish server software 10.8. You do not have to enable the print service via Server Admin anymore. You now have to share printers from the print and fax area like you would if you were sharing out printers from a client Mac workstation.
So my scenario is as follows: Xerox DC 252/Fiery EX260 : Adobe CS 5.5
I create a printer using the LPD protocol on the Mac Server 10.8 and share this out so all users can print.
I connect to this share from a Mac 10.8 workstation using the 'bonjour shared' option. I use the same installed driver on both the server and the workstation. I send a job from FireFox, and any of the Adobe design apps, and the job either comes down as 'unknown' or there is no job name at all when checking the Fiery queue using Command Workstation (Fiery App to check the queue status etc.)
As there is no official driver written for OSX 10.8 for this product I have also tried using the Fiery Express driver (apparently works on 10.8) on both platforms (so they marry up) but i still get the same issue
If I choose to use standard bonjour and not bonjour shared Firefox's job name comes down correctly but the Adobe design apps do not
If I try this from a 10.6.8 workstation it works with no issues. It also works if I print from a 10.8 Workstation to Mac Server 10.6.8.
So I can only deduce there is an issue here printing from 10.8 workstation to 10.8 server.
Any ideas on why this is happening? Is there another way I can connect to the Mac server share other than bonjour or bonjour shared?
Excuse the lengthy post but I had to get it all in there
Cheers for reading