Thankyou for your help. I have contacted HP and they said that mine was the
most current (gave me a site, which allowed me to downlaod the same version)
and they have added me to a mailing list for that series of printers.

Unfortunately my problems are still present, but thankyou for your time.

Dan


"Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:

> The first problem is seen in a home network because it's not running a
> Server Operating System which has a Print Management System included for
> just this purpose.
>
> I have no experience with Apple Mac PCs... but you might want to contact the
> printer manufacturer and see if they have updated drivers.
> --
> Cari (MS-MVP)
> Printing & Imaging
>
>
>
>
> "DanielWalters6" <DanielWalters6@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:4378EDFF-8E50-43A0-94A2-EAA90245539F@microsoft.com...
> > I've got two questions that I hope any of your readers can help me with.
> >
> > The first is;
> >
> > How can I make documents that are sent to the printer automatically
> > paused?
> > The printer is connected locally to a XP PC. This PC is then connected to
> > a
> > network in which several macs and several pcs all send data to the
> > printer.
> > I've seen this automatic pausing done on corporate networks, such as
> > colleges, and would like to apply it to my home network. The advantage of
> > this "automatic pausing" over "pausing the printer" is that it allows me
> > to
> > resume print jobs when I want them to print, which isn't always the time
> > that
> > I send them.
> >
> > My second query is:
> >
> > When my netoworked computers (which shouldn't have a relevence in this
> > case,
> > I don't think).
> > Send documents to the printer their jobs appear as "remote Level
> > download".
> > I am able to pause, restart and cancel the jobs as if I was printing
> > locally.
> > When looking at the properties of a local print (one that I've sent from
> > the
> > computer that's connected to) I can change the print quality and other
> > settings as per normal, before they are sent to the printer. Whereas when
> > I
> > access the properties of a "networked print job". I can't change the
> > settings, when I change them click, apply. They SEEM to have changed, but
> > then when I re-open the properties they are returned to ones that were
> > sent
> > over the network.
> > This is a pain for two reasons. The MAC driver for my printer doesn't
> > contain all of the print quality etc settings that I wish to access. So I
> > would like to be able to change the odd document to "draft" from this
> > computer but can't because changing of the properties arn't allowed.
> > (I'm an adminstrator of the computer)
> >
> > I hope that you can answer any of my questions. The first one is also a
> > result/cure of having the second one. If I was able to do both. I can have
> > people send documents in what ever print quality and then because they are
> > automatically paused, I can resume them once I have changed the quality to
> > what I think best. (draft for research, best for porfolios etc.)
> >
> > If you can give me any help, or suggest webpages that might be able to
> > help
> > with my problem, I would much appreciate it.
> >
> > Thankyou for all your time (It's probably taken you ten mins to read just
> > this post)
> >
> > Daniel
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > If you're someone who fails miserably at their first time at everything,
> > sky
> > diving may not be the best of things for you to try.
>
>
>