Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] Personal LaserWriter NT
From: Ken Brockman (ken.brockman@jhuapl.edu)
Date: Mon Aug 03 1998 - 08:21:57 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
>>
>
>
You can use LaserWriter Bridge (apple). It is a control panel that allows
you to use and share an AppleTalk (serial port) laserwriter while also
using EtherTalk. Its a freebie.
ken
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