[Casper] PPC & Intel

[John Wetter]

This is more due to the version of printer drivers on the computers.  We have a set of printers for Tiger and Leopard.  We found this out both in our environment and confirmed with JAMF support.

Not too big a deal, but it would be nice to have something in the jamf binary to have it know which OS it is and use the right one.  We have HP printers in our environment, so it's an even bigger deal as HP updates their drivers in the Apple software updates.  Consider this a feature request as well...

-John

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John Wetter
Technology Support Administrator
Technology & Information Services
Hopkins Public Schools
952-988-5373
john_wetter at hopkins.k12.mn.us
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From: casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com [casper-bounces at list.jamfsoftware.com] On Behalf Of Gibson, Robb [RobbGibson at OfficeMax.com]
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The one thing I’ve had problems with has been printers. Creating the installer for the print drivers is no problem, but if we Add Printers through Casper Admin on an Intel Leopard box, PPC Tiger Macs can’t use them. If we add them using any Tiger Mac (PPC or Intel), any Mac can use them.

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Robb Gibson
System Engineer - eMMS, Publishing Systems
OfficeMax  :  263 Shuman Blvd.  :  Naperville, IL 60563
(630) 864-5242




On 10/30/08 9:29 AM, "Ernst, Craig S." <ERNSTCS at uwec.edu<UrlBlockedError.aspx>> wrote:

I haven’t noticed any issues thus far. The only programs I’ve dealt with that I know I have to separate out are Audacity and Adobe Reader...at least that’s all that comes to mind. Is there some system issues or some program in particular that you’ve had an issue with that leads you to state there is a difference in the JAVA components? It sounds like you’ve done some sort of file comparison already. It’d be interesting to know the details.

Craig E


On 10/30/08 7:54 AM, "Joel R. Anderson" <joelande at hibbing.k12.mn.us<UrlBlockedError.aspx>> wrote:

What is the consensus with the group regarding building installers for PPC and Intel Macs?

JAMF recommended we build everything (including the OS) from one master Intel box, and only use a PPC for builds when the software required it.

I am beginning to regret that decision, as I think there are differences in components that get installed from the OS installation regarding the two platforms.

In particular we have noticed differences in Java components installed when the Leopard install disk is run on a PPC vs Intel, so it appears that Leopard does not create a "universal" OS when installed on Intel.



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