I am a networking newbie, could use any help. I have a small network in my home:
Arescom DSL modem Linksys wireless router (BEFW11S4) PB G4 Tibook (wireless) PB G3 Lombard (wired, wireless soon) Epson SC600 printer (parallel-to-USB, gimp-print, into Lombard's USB port)
The PBooks run 10.2.6
Because I am getting a wireless card for the G3, I want to put the sc600 on a print server, so both PBooks can access it without plugging in. I have a Dayna Etherprint-3 box, but I don't know if it can be used with my system.
The back of the Etherprint has, L to R: 8-pin (Appletalk?) port 2 dip switches Ethernet port 15-pin (serial?) port some round port power
I'm not up on the SC600 but my HP DeskJets are Serial / LocalTalk. When they power up they look for the transmit line echoing into the receive line to indicate they are on a LocalTalk network. If not they switch to Serial. If you use a serial cable to connect them to the EtherPrint they operate in Serial and will tend to print some spurious data (LocalTalk signals interpeted as slower serial characters) which sounds like what is happening to you. Try using LocalTalk or PhoneNet adapters to connect the EtherPrint to the SC.
The sc600 has parallel and Appletalk ports.
Any experienced Etherprint users out there? Or willing to make an educated guess? I tried following the pieces of Dayna documentation I could find out there and using Classic, but it isn't working. Whenever I plug the sc600 into the Etherprint, the printer's light starts flashing and the printer intermittently prints garbage (without a print job ever being sent out).
I'm guessing I need to (1) configure the Etherprint and then (2) hook up the printer. But I am guessing! Any help welcome. I can mail an image of the Etherprint ports if would be useful.
Unless the printers have been specifically configured (which isn't that common) they should work by just connecting them right.
I have a total of three HP DeskJet 850 series printers connected to Ethernet - LocalTalk bridges (one is an EtherPrint). The have been working fine but now I'm running OS X on three computers and there are no drivers for the 850s and I haven't been able to get gimp-print to work.
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