Home Networking & LaserWriter Select 360

[W. Scott Street IV]

Randy,

I have exactly the same printer set-up, and my test page looks the same 
as you describe (by the way, localtalk is the port and AppleTalk is the 
language/protocol used over that port or other selected ports...kind of 
confusing terminology).  There is one poorly documented feature/problem 
with the Asante AppleTalk Bridge (and possibly other bridges) with 
AppleTalk printers:  the printer only broadcasts its name/settings/etc. 
info to an ACTIVE network, and the bridge only accepts those settings 
from a broadcasting printer (not quite Catch-22, but close).  The trick 
is to power-on your printer first (after connecting the bridge to the 
printer and to the computer; then as soon as the printer is warmed-up 
(and test page printed, if set to do so), THEN power-on the Asante 
AppleTalk Bridge (the printer will broadcast for a few seconds or so 
(maybe 20-30), so you need to be quick).  This should work (at least it 
works for me).  One caveat:  for every power outage, this procedure 
must be repeated...kind of a bummer if you forget, so you might want to 
put a note on the front of your printer...at least that is what I've 
done.

I hope that this helps, and if you have any other questions, please let 
me know.

--Scott Street (WSStreet at Mac.com)

p.s.  Of course, this all assumes that you've set your computer to use 
AppleTalk over your ethernet port.

p.p.s.  In Mac OS X, the Apple Printer Utility (formerly Apple 
LaserWriter Utility) will work in Classic, thus you can still adjust 
the settings for your LaserWriter Select 360 from within Mac OS X.



On Thursday, November 21, 2002, at 08:09  AM, (Home Macintosh Users 
List) wrote:

> Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 23:47:51 -0600
> Subject: [HM] Home Networking & LaserWriter Select 360
> From: Randy Clark <hawkgx at planetkc.com>
> Message-ID: <BA01CFA7.E21%hawkgx at planetkc.com>
>
> I finally set up a LAN at home after someone donated an Asante 
> Ethernet hub
> to my cause.  They also gave me an Asante AppleTalk Bridge that would 
> allow
> me to connect a non-Ethernet AppleTalk printer to my Ethernet network. 
> I
> currently have a Performa 6400 (G3 upgraded) and an iMac DV SE 
> connected to
> the hub. After some finagling with the Performa, I was able to get the 
> iMac
> (running Jaguar) to connect to the Performa (running 9.1).
>
> My problem is I can't get the 2 computers to see my LaserWriter Select 
> 360
> (via the bridge). On the printer's initialization page, it just says
> PostScript-LocalTalk, and nothing about AppleTalk. I assume this is my
> problem but wondered if anyone here could verify it.
> -- 
> Randy Clark
> hawkgx at planetkc.com
> Kansas City
>
>
>