on 23/1/04 11:23 AM, Jack Lowe wrote:
> When you say 'printing through an OS9 iMac', are > you sharing a printer connected to the iMac with an OSX machine? All the photographers here have Sinar digital cameras, Photoshop 7 and OS9. The computers are used on trollys which move around the studio depending on where sets are built. We then have an iMac running OS9 with an Epson 1270. The iMac has USB printer sharing enabled. If the photographers want to see a print of a current shot they simply print from their own machine and the file is sent to the iMac and then to the printer. There is no need to even touch the iMac other than to turn it on in the morning. Great system, worked very well. Problem started when I wanted to upgrade to Photoshop CS and therefore had to move to OSX. I wanted to be able to carry on printing to the printer on the iMac. However after following up all the replies on the list and even trawling through OSX help files, I am now resigned to the fact that you cannot print to a shared printer on an OS9 machine from an OSX one. The solution that I have adopted is to connect the printer directly to my OSX machine which is a pain when moving the camera setup around the studio. The other photographers can still print to the printer whilst connected to my machine though. Not a perfect solution but at least it works. > > I literally save all output-optimised files onto a G4 running Classic (OSX > 10.2.8 with a separate OS9.2.2 volume selected as the Classic System) then > open them up on that G4 in a version of PS designated to 'Open in Classic > Environment' and print from there to my 1160's and 9600. I understand now what you are doing. The downside to adopting this method for us is two fold. Firstly expense, yet another copy of photoshop for the iMac. and secondly time, with photographers having to copy files across to the iMac, move to that machine, open them up on there and print. thanks for your thoughts though Steve =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
