" (G-Books)" wrote: > But I found their Network Administrator's guide, which indicates that > like our older JD models (we have dozens of them) the 300X supports > Appletalk, it looks like. > > <http://h200002.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/bpj06200/bpj06200.pdf> > > Out of the box, (if it's like our older models) Appletalk is on. > > Now, the question is: do your *printer drivers* support Appletalk > printing? The 4550 only lists a serial driver, the 4000 doesn't list a > Mac driver at all. I don't think this will work with your printers. > > -- > Bruce Johnson
Thanks Bruce. The 4550 is probably the right choice then, it has a DIN8 serial port and a Centronics port, At the moment the serial port connects to the Powerbook and the centronics port to the Thinkpad. No problems (though I haven't tried printing from both laptops at once). The only problem I can see is that the Jet Direct seems to only have a parallel port so the apple style serial data will have to enter the printer through the parallel port. This seems unlikely so I may have to find a print server with serial and parallel ports or get a Laserjet..... -- Andrew King Ann Arbor Michigan technology is the answer, what was the question? -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:G-Books@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:G-Books-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:G-Books-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
