on 21/01/04 04:02, Mike Turner at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 20/1/04 21:30, Paul Stamsen said: > >> Mike Turner stated: >> >> -> I bought on eBay a LocalTalk network >> -> adapter for the Stylus Color 500 and a LocalTalk-Ethernet bridge box. >> -> This, plus the Epson standard network print driver, gave me a network >> -> printer accessible to all ethernet equipped Macs. >> >> What does one ask eBay to look for if one should want one of these (for a >> HP)? > > I assume you mean a Ethernet-LocalTalk bridge, not a printer network > interface card? You have anHP printer with no ethernet interface, just a > LocalTalk network connection? This setup doesn't work with a purely > serial printer. > > There are several different devices that will bridge between Ethernet and > LocalTalk networks. > > The one that I have had experience of is the Dayna Mini EtherPrint. It > works transparently. Just plug in an ethernet cable connected to your > network and a LocalTalk cable connected to your printer. The printer > appears in Chooser in Mac OS 9 or can be added using Print Center as a > AppleTalk printer in Mac OS X. > > On eBay look under Macintosh for something like Etherprint or > Ethernet-LocalTalk bridge. Hope this helps > > Mike
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