on 12/25/03 1:58 PM, Mark Jay Mirsky at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I just took over my son's old 400 G-4 Yikes model, and have it on > the other side of my desk with my S-900. I am wondering how to print from > the the G-4 to my two local talk, or serial port printers, a Lexmark Optra > R+ and a HP 6MP Laser Jet. Neither have ethernet connections and I thought > of getting that local talk to Ethernet Asante router but it has a stiff > price, about eighty dollars or up.
You can use your S-900 as a Localtalk to Ethernet bridge. That's what I do to allow printing to a Localtalk Laserwriter from both my S900 and girlfriend's imac. The two computers are connected via Ethernet and a router to a cable modem, and just the S-900 is conneced via a serial cable to the Laserwriter. As long as the S900 is on, the iMac can print to it too. > Are there any advantages to printing > through the Ethernet Local talk connector on the S-900. It's almost cheaper > to go the route of buying a Samsung USB laser printer at J&R but if the > local talk to Ethernet will speed up the S-900 printing I might go that > way. Doing it the way I state above just takes the free Localtalk Ethernet Bridge software, available from Apple. If you buy a hardware bridge, I don't think you will gain much if any speed, because the computers still communicate with the printer over a slow AppleTalk serial cable connection between the printer and bridge. The only benefit that the hardware bridge gives is that you wouldn't need to turn on the S900 every time you wanted to print something from the G4. I've also noticed that my S900 takes a small performance hit while something is being printed through it from the iMac, mouse gets slightly jerky, lag in opening windows, etc. You might as well try the free solution first: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60290 -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
