I gathered somehow that you are using OS 9.
Since you have Comcast hooked up to your ethernet port, you will want to get a dsl router with several ports on it (usually 4 plus 1 for Comcast). The router will hook up to Comcast and also connect you to the laserprinter. Just plug the printer into the router using an ethernet cable, the computer into the router, and then Comcast in the WAN (wide area lan) port of the router.
You will need to set up the router (using your web browser) to connect to Comcast and set your computer to get an ip (internet protocol) address via DHCP (dynamic host configuration protocol) from the router with the TCP control panel. Then set Appletalk to use ethernet with the Appletalk control panel.
Then use the Chooser to choose laserwriter and the laserwriter will show up in the right side of the Chooser. (You don't have to give the printer an IP address.)
Doug Hogg
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 21:46:28 -0400 Subject: More on the free printer From: Bill Spencer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi there, me again. Looks like nothing is ever free, eh? To recap: I have been given a laser writer 12/640, and I have been poking around to find out about how well it works and how to use it, etc. Here's what I now know:
1) It has a parallel port, an Ethernet port, and a LocalTalk port which I believe is the same as the old serial printer port.
2) My computer has two FireWire ports, two USB ports, an Ethernet port, and an ADB port. The ADB is being used by the keyboard/mouse; the USB by the current printer and the scanner, and the Ethernet by Comcast.
3) The manual says to use the LocalTalk port to connect to a stand-alone computer. No can do, since there is no such port on the computer.
4) Many have told me that Ethernet is the way to go. No can do, since Comcast got there first.
5) Okay, some friends say, get a cheap hub and a second cable and you're set. But they then go on to say that I would have to assign an IP address to the printer for that to work. How would I do that? And does the printer have the capability of taking an IP address?
6) In order to assign said IP address I would have to know the IP address of my computer. But I believe that Comcast assigns me an IP address dynamically so there's no way to assign one to the printer that way. Well, they say, get a router...that way I can have my own IP network behind the firewall and Comcast won't care. But this is now getting way more complex that I want. It's just a printer, after all, and the whole point is to avoid spending any more money than I absolutely have to.
7) I suppose I could get a serial-to-FireWire adapter, or a serial-to-USB adapter, or a serial card or a second Ethernet card. Or something. Per one friend, even a new cheap laser printer.
AACK! What's a mother to do? I firmly believe in the KISS system. Plus I'm obviously a cheap SOB. I-just-want-to-use-the-"new"-"free"-printer. That's all. How should I proceed?
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A somewhat frustrated Bill Spencer in somewhat autumnal NH
B&W G3/400/rev.2/385mb/9.1
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