You could also buy a used LaserWriter. They don't cost much these days, are at least ten times cheaper in usage than any inkjet and print perfectly. Besides they look better next to your vintage Mac stuff (same Apple design style), operate much better on a network and often have inbuild ethernet ports. And don't come with all that RIP fuss. Why use fake postscript while you can get the real thing too?
Marten >Mark Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I have an old HP Deskwriter C colour printer and a redundant SE/30 >> that I would like to set up to provide print services to my network. >> The SE/30 has an ethernet card in and the drivers for the Deskwriter >> C installed and will successfully drive it but I am not au fait with >> howe to share the printer's services across an AppleTalk ethernet >> network. I have a variety of potential hosts running OS X 10.2, OS >> 9.1, OS 8.1, System 7.1, and even System 6.0.8. I have drivers for >> System 6 up to OS 9.1 but not OS X so I am guessing OS X printing to >> it is out of the question right? > >Sounds like an interesting thing to try. The most likely approach >would be to use a software PostScript RIP -- for info see >http://www.macintouch.com/postscriptalt.html. Some products will >automatically RIP a PS file when it is placed in a drop folder on >the print server. If the software doesn't do it for you, you could >try rolling your own from AppleScript and QuickKeys. All you would >need to do on the Mac that wishes to print is to print to file and >pop that file onto the print server. > >It's also worth taking a look at the Print 66 LPDaemon at >http://www.geocities.com/barijaona/print66/ which I've used in the >past to hook up AppleTalk only laser printers to TCP/IP networks. I >don't know whether this will be much use with a non-PostScript >device. > >Mail me off list as I think I have a copy of T-Script somewhere. >Does anybody have a copy of Freedom of Press that I could scrounge? > >Phil > > >-- >Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > >Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> >The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; >Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > >Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com -- ---------------------------------------------------------- Check out the System 6 Heaven: http://www.euronet.nl/users/mvdk/system_6_heaven.html Subscribe to the LEM system6 list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ---------------------------------------------------------- -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
