Hi Greg. Give up, get a G5 and a new printer.
Wiebe. On 30/9/03 3:35 PM, "Greg Lane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have used OSX since it was released, but only on iMacs and up. I now am the > proud owner of a 266MHz (overclocked to 300MHz) Beige G3. I have installed a > FireWire card and USB card, all working happily, Second hard drive and so on. > I am enjoying myself. 512Mb of RAM will follow shortly courtesy of Rhonda > Howells. > > I am also the proud owner of an Epson Stylus 600 printer which is working > really well in OS9 and on the DarkSide box. My goal is to get it working in > OSX (probably using Gimp Print). > > Now my question is... How do I go about it. Has anyone achieved this feat. > From trolling the net, it appears OSX recognises the serial ports. Just not > printers attached. > > Do USB to Parallel cables work? Are the various adapters which seem to be > available useful and cost effective? Or should I just go out and buy a new > printer (which rankles a bit! - reeks of giving in). > > Any advice, consoling words or plain speaking "Give up, get a G5 and a new > printer" would be much appreciated. > > Of course I could always send it via the home network and print on the PC, but > that doesn't seem right either. > > > --- > Cheers > > Greg =:)([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- Outback Mac is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Outback Mac list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/obmac.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/outback.mac%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
