[iBook] Printing to appletalk printer with Tiger

[B G]

Well the first step is to make sure apple talk is only active on one  
setting. If you are using the wired ethernet port make sure Appletalk  
is turn off on the airport card.

Also make sure your printer is turn on and warmed up before you power  
up the Asante box.

Try changing the cables sometimes serial and or ethernet cables go  
bad also check connections make sure the plug is all the way in  on the
Asante and printer.

When you add the printer use Appletalk and local appletalk network.

Do you have classic installed? you might want to try to find the  
printer in classic and see if it works.

I assume OS X supports these old HP's did you check the apple website?


On Sep 3, 2005, at 8:41 AM, Michael Max L.Ac wrote:

> I've been out of the country for a few...well....years actually.
>
> I just dug my HP 6mp out of storage. Last time I used it was about  
> 5 years
> ago, I had a "Wallstreet" powerbook back then. The printer has  
> serial and
> Appletalk interfaces. Back then I used an Asante "asantetalk" box  
> to connect
> the computer and printer. Basically the asantetalk box has an ethernet
> connection on one side and appletalk on the other. Simple right?
>
> Well it used to work fine. Now with my iBook G4 and Tiger, no go.
>
> I've turned Appletalk on in my network setting. And according to  
> the HP
> website I don't need any special drivers for the printer. Tiger  
> takes care
> of everything.
>
> But, I can not find the printer, when I use the printer setup  
> utility. And
> even in the network settings dialogue box, while Appletalk is  
> checked as
> "on", it still does not show any local Appletalk zone.
>
> I think I'm either missing something in getting Appletalk going, or  
> perhaps
> my asantetalk box has gone bad sitting in storeage.
>
> Any suggestions are much appreciated
>
> Michael
>
>
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