> > > >My mother wants to use a Postscript printer with > only a parallel port > >with her Beige G3, what are other people using? > The options I can think of are: > > > >1) I can get "Power Print" for $50, I think > including the requisite USB-Parallel cable. > > Beige G3 doesn't have USB (unless you've installed a > card). > There is also a Mac printer port version, which I've > used successfully. You > can probably find a used one cheap.
I have a Belkin usb/parallel fs with Mac drivers cheap > > >2) An ethertalk to parallel adapter, if they > exist. (She uses a dialup connection, or else I'd > use a TCP/IP to parallel adapter that I already > have). > > HP has a group of products "HP Jetdirect" that does > that. Several versions with different interfaces. > Check your "TCP/IP to parallel adapter specs to see if it also supports AppleTalk. > > >3) I have a serial to parallel converter floating > around somewhere in the computer jetsam in my > apartment. It just collects the serial data at one > end and shoves it out the other end, eight > bits at a time. > > Try it -- that's basically what the Powerprint cable > does. If the printer is PostScript you may not need special drivers with the Serial to Parallel converter Dennis in Buffalo __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your site http://webhosting.yahoo.com -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> 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/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
