Disabling Printer Control in Netscape 3.0?

CHRISZ at DAYTON.LIB.OH.US CHRISZ at DAYTON.LIB.OH.US
Fri Oct 24 09:30:35 EDT 1997


Two solutions come to mind: 1)Have only the one "library" printer as a printer
option of these PCs and 2)IKIOSK to grey out print option.  I'm not familiar 
with Novell, so don't know if these solutions will work there.  Good luck.
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Chris Zurbuchen, Microcomputer Specialist	<chrisz at dayton.lib.oh.us>
Dayton & Montgomery County Public Library	937-227-9500, ext 303
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>Hello everybody,
>I'm not sure if this has been discussed before, but we are at our wit's
>end...
>
>We have two open-access Internet terminals located far from the
>reference desk and offices (so we can't see who is using them and just
>tell him/her to stop).  They are connected to our Novell 3.x network.  
>
>Although I have talked to users, posted huge signs, and periodically
>checked on the settings, some users continue to change the printer
>settings to their "usual" printer--which is on another floor, different
>type of printer, etc.  Then they do not change the settings back to the
>library printer.  Or, worse yet, they botch the job and completely
>disconnect the machine from all printers.  
>
>The next user comes in, prints many different pages, expects to find the
>printouts waiting at the library printer designated for this purpose,
>and finds NOTHING AT ALL (jobs are not even in the queue).  
>
>So, the question of the day is, is there any way to disable or "gray
>out" the Print/Setup/Network option in Netscape 3.0?  I realize this may
>be a Novell question, but our IS department could only recommend that I
>check the printers as often as possible.  (running across the building
>8x per day?)
>
>Can anyone make recommendations to me for my (increasingly frustrated)
>users?  I'd really appreciate it.
>
>Ali Smeck
>Assistant Librarian
>Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
>Philadelphia PA
>mailto:asmeck at hslc.org



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