If several computers have lost contact with printers at one time, it's highly unlikely that batteries are the culprit. If these printers are on the network (rather than directly connected to each computer), than I would suspect network problems first.
The first thing to try, always, is to turn off both the computers and the printers for about a minute and then turn them back on again. If computers have temporarily lost their IP numbers or Appletalk connections, this will sometimes force them to reconnect and may clear up temporary problems. If that doesn't work, then you need to have someone who understands a bit about networking look at them. > The computers in the class room this week have all of the > sudden lost their printers. > Is this a sign that the battery is going out or all the way > out already? > I have the clocks set to internet time because we were tired > of not knowing who's room was correct. > So I can't use that to judge the battery life. > These machines are G3 IMac's all in one units. Most are up > to running 10.3. We haven't added anything new to the LAN > and haven't installed any new applications and these are > classroom computers and we haven't even updated yet? > > Any suggestions would be great and helpful. The server is > running the Server 10.3.8 but the printers are not loaded > through that they are loaded through the machine themselves? > > Thank You > Kathy Hoben > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be March 22. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 22. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
