On Jan 27, 2010, at 7:47 PM, Wolfram Gottfried wrote: > What I normally do for working with older printers (at least in OS X) is to > get an ethernet to parallel device (like an external HP Jetdirect device) and > then I can treat the printer as an external TCP/IP printer. > > I have an old Epson 1520 wide-format inkjet printing from all my Macs using > one of those - and until it died I had an HP series II laserjet working the > same way (now updated to an HP4050) - both printers working thru their > parallel ports. > > --- On Wed, 1/27/10, John Carmonne <[email protected]> wrote: > >> From: John Carmonne <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: Wally printers >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Wednesday, January 27, 2010, 9:36 PM >> >> On Jan 27, 2010, at 7:10 PM, tortoise wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On Jan 27, 4:09 pm, JOHN CARMONNE <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>>> On Jan 27, 2010, at 10:08 AM, classical wrote: >>>> >>> >>>>>> It always worked in 8.6 but now it >> no longer does. I can live >>>>>> with the 9.2.2 and 10.4.11 not working at >> this time as long as it >>>>>> works in 8.6.. Then I can mess with the >> other systems. My HP works >>>>>> in 8.6 but not 9.2.2 or 10.4.11. >>>> >>>> I've installed and uninstalled every driver I can >> find for this >>>> printer. If I try to print I get a dialog box >> that says I haven't >>>> selected the Epson Stylus 600 driver in the >> chooser, I go to the >>>> chooser and select the driver and keep going in >> circles. The HP >>>> 870cse works, but not the Epson, >>>> >>>> The Epson used to work on this >> machine with OS 8.6, the only change >>>> I've made is I installed a 300MHz motherboard in >> place of the 233 >>>> original, But I have another Wallstreet 233 MHz >> and it won't run the >>>> printer either. >>>> >>>> The Epson printers have always >> been a PITA for me, but this was my >>>> son's first printer and we have to keep it up as >> long as it still >>>> prints a test page. >>> >>> I have a 600 I use with a parallel adapter to usb2 for >> Tiger and it is >>> very surprisingly working very well. I have permanent >> ink in bottle I >>> refill cartridge with. Color is a little clog but >> works very nicely >>> for text with a little graphics-color. >>> >>> My suggestion is to get an adapter and try it with a >> newer machine. If >>> it still doesn't work probably something wrong with >> the interface even >>> though the printer itself is OK. >>> >>> You could try and find a used one on Ebay and switch >> it, keep the old >>> one for parts maybe... >>> >>> The serial port really slows down even a 14 years old >> printer like >>> this one. Maybe a usb card for the wally too... >> Do you know of an adapter that actually works from serial >> to USB? all I ever tried never have. The thing I don't get >> is it worked on 8.6 before. >> >> John Carmonne >> Yorba Linda USA
Why does the Epson driver show in my OS8.6 chooser but it won't let me select it? The machine knows there is an Epson printer hooked to it. I can select my HP 870 driver. I don't want to use these printers in OSX, I want them to work in OS8.6 and OS9.2.2. I have some applications that must run booted from OS 8.6 or OS 9.2.2 They will not run in OSX because of a dongle issue that requires an extension load first in line at start up. John Carmonne Yorba Linda USA -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
