PrintGuard - a control panel to alert users trying to print on previously identified network printers. Useful for your company, university, cybercafe, wherever there are free access computers with network printers.
Imagine your network includes a dye sublimation printer and somebody tries to use it to print a 300 pages manual... and just think how much this will cost you! PrintGuard will warn this thoughtless user that the printer he/she chose is an expensive one to use.
PrintGuard requires System 7.0 or later.
Installing PrintGuard
To install and activate PrintGuard, you should:
- Copy the PrintGuard control panel into your Control Panels folder,
- Restart your Mac.
- Open it and enter the alert message (^0 in the message will automaticaly be replaced by the name of the printer),
- Enter the name of one or two printer(s) in the corresponding fields,
- Optionally, you can enter a password to limit the access of the control panel - useful for network administrators,
- Close PrintGuard
That's it! Now when somebody tries printing with one of the selected printers, the warning will be displayed.
Note
- Be careful to enter the network name of the printer (the name in the list on the right side of the chooser) and not the name of the chooser extension or the name of the icon printer on your desktop.
Paying for PrintGuard
PrintGuard is shareware; it is not free. If you use PrintGuard for more than 30 days, you should pay a $10 registration fee. Registrations for PrintGuard are handled by the Kagi Shareware service. After you register, you'll receive information on how to unlock your copy.
Paying for PrintGuard is simple. You can register online using a web browser, or offline using the Register program.
Our online registration page can be found at:
<http://order.kagi.com/?HL&S>
<http://order.kagi.com/?HL> (for browsers that don't handle secure transactions)
or on the Objective Software web site at:
<http://www.planete.net/~objectiv/>
To use the Register utility, you need to:
1. Run the Register program and fill out the form: enter your name, email and/or postal address, and the number of single user (or site, or worldwide) licenses you desire to purchase. The form accepts many different payment methods such as: US Check, Money Order, Cash (in many different currencies), Visa, Mastercard, American Express, First Virtual, and Invoice (to be given to your accounts payable department).
A site license covers all computers of a single organization for an area of up to one hundred miles (160 km) in radius.
2. Send it to Kagi Shareware: either email the data generated by the Register program or print it and send it via postal mail or fax. Credit card information is encrypted by the Register program. The address to send the completed form is output by Register when you Print or Copy the completed form. The addresses are:
Email: <sales@kagi.com>
FAX: +1 510 652 6589
Snail-mail:
Kagi Shareware
1442-A Walnut Street #392-HL
Berkeley, California, 94709-1405
USA
Distribution
Please do NOT distribute modified versions of PrintGuard. Any distributed copy must be an unregistered copy, identical to the original PrintGuard package with no modification whatsoever. It would be difficult for us to support modified versions.
PrintGuard may be copied and distributed freely for non-commercial use on online sites (Internet archives, BBSs, etc.), magazines, books, disks or CD-ROMS without the authors' explicit permission, as long as the end-user charges don't exceed reasonable distribution or download costs. An explicit written permission must be obtained from the author for any commercial use.
If you find any problems or incompatibilities, please report them to me and I'll fix them.
Support
Support is available via e-mail. Please send your questions, comments and bug reports to:
<mailto:objectivesw@kagi.com>
Thanks to…
A great thank you to Alain Filhol for the idea, and to Jean-Philippe Guihard and Bernard Frangoulis for their help.
Version history
• Version 1.0.4 (97/12/30)
- fixes a conflict with the new 8.5.1 Apple LaserWriter Printer Software.
• Version 1.0.3 (97/12/16)
- several bug fixes.
• Version 1.0.2 (97/12/11)
- fixes a conflict with QuarkXPress 3.xx™,
• Version 1.0.1 (97/11/19)
- fixes a conflict with Adobe Illustrator™,
- changes the implementation of the printer detection and warning dialog,
- and several bug fixes.
• Version 1.0 (97/11/10)
- first release
Disclaimer
Harry Alloul ("the author") disclaims all warranties relating to this software, whether express or implied, including without limitation any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. The author will not be liable for any special, incidental, consequential, indirect or similar damages due to loss of data or any other reason, even if the author or an agent of his has been advised of the possibility of such damages. In no event shall the author be liable for any damages, regardless of the form of the claim. The person using the software bears all risk as to the quality and performance of the software.
US Government:
If you are acquiring the Software and fonts on behalf of any unit or agency of the United States Government, the following provisions apply. The Government agrees:
(i) if the Software and fonts are supplied to the Department of Defense (DoD), the Software and fonts are classified as "Commercial Computer Software" and the Government is acquiring only "restricted rights" in the Software, its documentation and fonts as that term is defined in Clause 252.227-7013(c)(1) of the DFARS; and
(ii) if the Software and fonts are supplied to any unit or agency of the United States Government other than DoD, the Government's rights in the Software, its documentation and fonts will be as defined in Clause 52.227-19(c)(2) of the FAR or, in the case of NASA, in Clause 18-52.227-86(d) of the NASA Supplement to the FAR.
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