Starting and stopping the Print Server

    You need to start your AppleShare IP Print Server before users can use any print services. You can start the server manually or have it start up automatically when your server starts up.

    You may need to stop and restart the Print Server to cause changes to Print Server settings to take effect. You should only stop the server when users aren't using print services.

    This section tells you how to

      Manually start or stop the Print Server
    Set the Print Server to start up automatically

Manually starting or stopping the Print Server

    To start or stop the Print Server, follow these steps:
    1 Log on to AppleShare IP Remote Admin.
    2 To start the Print Server, click the Start Print Server button on the Status page. To stop the Print Server, click the Stop Print Server button on the Status page.
    When you restart the Print Server, it attempts to attach all the printers it had attached before. If users are printing directly on those printers, the Print Server checks each printer periodically and attaches it when it becomes available.
    When you stop the Print Server, it automatically detaches all attached printers from their queues. Jobs that have not yet printed remain in the queue until the Print Server is restarted.
    Users cannot send jobs to a queue if the Print Server is not running. If the Print Server is going to be stopped for an extended period of time, notify users before you stop the Print Server.
    3 Respond to the message on screen.
    If you click Shutdown, any jobs that are being printed will be interrupted and will resume printing from the first page when you start the Print Server again. Any jobs that are being queued will be deleted from the queue.
    When the Print Server is stopped, users can still print directly on individual printers listed in the Chooser.

Setting the Print Server to start up automatically

    You can make the Print Server start up automatically each time your computer starts up.

    To set automatic startup, follow these steps:
    1 Log on to AppleShare IP Remote Admin.
    2 Make sure the Print Server is running.
    3

    Click the Print server button.


       
    4 Click the Server Settings button.
    5 In the General section, select the "Start AppleShare IP Print Server at System Startup" checkbox.
    6 Click the Save button.
    Your changes take effect the next time you stop and start the Print Server.

 
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