Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] Personal LaserWriter NT
From: Brian E. Bothwell (brbothwe@cs.indiana.edu)
Date: Thu Jul 30 1998 - 20:28:00 EDT
On Thu, 30 Jul 1998, Karen Noel wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a Personal LaserWriter NT, using the LaserWriter 8 driver v8.3.3.
> It is a postscript printer but it is *NOT* Ethernet capable. It is
> connected to the Appletalk port, not the serial port. When I print from
> my Mac (System 7.5.5) I have to use the Appletalk control panel to switch
> from connect via: Ethernet to connect via: Printer Port or printing is not
> available. When I switch to the printer port, ethernet is not available.
>
> With not having ethernet AND printing available at the same time,
> is it possible to send print jobs from the linux box to the Personal
> LaserWriter NT using Netatalk?
>
> TIA
>
> Karen Noel
> karenoel@one.net
>
How much of a hassle would it be to hook the printer directly to the Unix
box running Netatalk (via the serial port)? That way you can configure
the Linux box to print to the Laserwriter (I think this is possible,
since the printer is Postscript) and use Netatalk to share the printer
with your Mac(s). That way you can also share the printer with any
Win95/NT machines you might have if you run SAMBA on the Linux box.
That's what I do at work and it works quite well (Except we have a HP
LaserJet 6MP)
-Brian
PS If you end up doing this, there is a print filter you have to use to
fix some problems when printing from some Mac apps (like Photoshop). Let
me know and I'll email the filter source to you.
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