With Access Connect, Windows® computers can provide AppleShare® IP file sharing and IP-printing, TCP/IP, and AppleTalk® print services to Macintosh® computers. Access Connect is optimized to provide the fastest file and print services available. Access Connect includes the following services:
With Access Connect, Macintosh users can connect to and mount directories on a Windows file server just as if they also were native AppleShare volumes. With the Access Connect Print Server installed, Macintosh users can create desktop printers that deliver print jobs to printers via the server automatically and just as easily as with AppleTalk. Access Connect’s integration into the existing network is seamless–Macintosh users continue using the same tools and applications for accessing the server and printers that they always have, but the server delivers much higher performance. With Access Connect Print Accounting, the Macintosh clients must provide additional information such as a job code or employee ID before the server will accept the job.