how to grey out print option on Netscape?

Shu Chen shuc at homer.rrcc.cccoes.edu
Wed Oct 29 12:33:36 EST 1997


Maybe I missed part of the conversation on disabling printer control in
Netscape.  But how do I grey out the print option on Netscape 3.0?  Any
help is appreciated!

Sue Chen
Library
Learning Resourse Center
Tel: (303)914-6742


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> Subject: 	Disabling Printer Control in Netscape 3.0?
> 
> 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.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> ---
> Chris Zurbuchen, Microcomputer Specialist
> <chrisz at dayton.lib.oh.us>
> Dayton & Montgomery County Public Library	937-227-9500, ext 303
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> ---
> 
> >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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