[X-Newbies] Printer, Network?'s

[K. Lalemand]

Or just buy a printer... that sure seems like a better option:)

Karl

Randy B. Singer wrote:

>K. Lalemand said:
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>>A Mac network, 5 Mac's, 3 OS X, 1 OS 9 and 1 OS 8.6
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>>I have a Apple Laserwriter II and a HP Laserwriter III, that I'd love to 
>>hook up to the network. I'd use these printers for doing mailing labels.
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>>First off, can it be done, so that ALL of the Mac's can see these 
>>printers, and if so, how or what do I need to do.
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>Yes, it can be done, but it will be a kludge.
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>The two laser printers that you have are LocalTalk printers.  To get them 
>on your network you will need LocalTalk to Ethernet adapters.  There used 
>to be several brands of these, now not a single one is still made.  
>However, you can still find one easily and inexpensively on eBay.  This 
>is the one that I recommend:
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>Proxim/Farallon iPrint Adapter LT 
><http://cgi.ebay.com/EtherMAC-iPrint-Adapter-Farallon-for-MAC-Apple_W0QQite
>mZ5855433350QQcategoryZ80061QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem> 
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>Note: Each LocalTalk printer connected via an EtherMac iPrint to your 
>Macintosh also requires a PhoneNET Connector (or equivalent).
>$10
>http://store.yahoo.com/lovemacs/apl1400u.html 
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>You don't say which Apple LaserWriter II model you have, (there were 
>five, and if you have the LaserWriter SC, you're in trouble, it can't be 
>made to work on a network no matter what you do) but I'm assuming that 
>you have one of the ones that is a PostScript Level II printer.  A 
>built-in OS X driver, or Gimp-Print will work fine with it.
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>The HP LaserJet III is only a PostScript Level I printer, so you will 
>need a third-party driver for it to work with OS X.  Here's one:
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>PSLevel1 for Mac OS X:
>http://www.linuxprinting.org/macosx/pslevel1/
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>Randy B. Singer
>Co-Author of: The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th and 6th editions)
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>Routine OS X Maintenance and Generic Troubleshooting
>http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html 
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