The client install process is also covered in Chapter 6, User Client. After the first Mac is set up and the printing process is tested, the simplified client install notes covered in the section called “Deployment on Mac OS X” may be appropriate to provider to end-users or other system administrators.

The Mac client makes use of Java. Users running Mac OS X 10.4 are advised to install Java 5.0. Java 5.0 is installed by default on Mac OS X 10.4.5 and higher. Java 5.0 for earlier Mac OS versions is available as a dmg from the Apple website. Java 5.0 contains new features that allow the client to display popups in an always-on-top mode above all other application windows.

Mac client can accept command line options as explained at Table A.2, “User Client command-line options”. If the client is started via the login hook, the command-line options can be defined in the file:

    /Applications/PCClient.app/Contents/Resources/login-hook-start
            

Look for the line starting with client_args and the associated comments above.