It is a post script printer, and I do have ethernet eselected in the chooser. Initially I tried to set up netatalk on my linux machine to provide this printer. It does show up in the chooser when I do it that way. Unfortunately, it only gets as far as spooling to the printer with the linux machine.
I know the job gets to the linux machine because it spawsn another daemon to handle it. Anyway, I decided to activate ethertalk on the laserjet 4's jet direct card and turn off the linux apple talk sharing. Now it does not show up under the "Laser Writer" section of the chooser. Any ideas on how to get it to work would be much appreciated. Either succesful system 6 + netatalk configs, or getting the printer through direct ethertalk. I do all my word processing and such on my mac, and right now to print, I have to print to a post script file and then print that from a linux machine. I want to stop doing that :-) -Bob On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 01:57:46 +0200, Marten van de Kraats <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is the network control panel set to ethernet? I ask this because I > think this control panel operates independent from MacTCP and deals > with the appletalk part of your network. > > Any postscript printer should be visible in the chooser. Is this 4+ a > postscript printer? I remember the 4p had postscript support built in. > Don't know about the 4+ > You should not need any extra hp drivers for a postscript printer. The > laserwriter 7.0 driver (part of system 6.08) should be able to print to > any postscript printer over appletalk. > > Marten > > On 26-sep-04, at 17:52, Timothy Mulavey wrote: > > > Bob, > > > > I think you need a driver from HP. On their web site they have drivers > > for your printer at: > > > > >http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DriverDownload.jsp? > > pnameOID=15024&locale=en_US&taskId=135&prodSeriesId=25484&prodTypeId=18 > > 972&swEnvOID=1006< > > > > But the oldest Mac OS they list having drivers for is OS 8. > > > > > > Perhaps Apple has something more System 6 specific in their support > > archives. > > > > Tim > > > > On Sep 26, 2004, at 11:35 AM, Robert Lowe wrote: > > > >> I have been using system 6 for a while, but have never really set up > >> networked printers in it before. > >> > >> I now have my mac plus on my home ethernet network. On this network > >> is an HP laserjet 4+ with jet direct card. I have been attempting for > >> a while to get my mac plus configured to use the printer. So far, I > >> have activated Ethertalk on the mac, and gotten it to communicate on > >> my tcp/ip network. TCP/IP stuff all works. > >> > >> On the printer, I turned on its ethertalk interface. Then on the > >> macintosh I opened the choose, and looke for it in the "laser writer" > >> section. That's the closest match on my chooser. It wasn't there. I > >> tried the other printer drivers. The drivers I have are the ones that > >> come with system 6.0.8. Is there an HP specific driver I need to get? > >> If so, where can I get it? Did I miss a step somewhere? > >> > >> Any advice would be most appreciated. Right now all I can do to print > >> is print as a postscript file, and ftp the file to my linux machine > >> and print from there. I'd really like to get the mac talking directly > >> to the printer! > >> > >> Thanks, > >> -Bob > >> > >> PS This is a great list, this is my first post, and I'm glad to be > >> here! > > -- > System6 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> > > System 6 Heaven <http://www.euronet.nl/users/mvdk/system_6_heaven.html> > > System6 info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/system6.html> > --> 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/system6%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com > > -- System6 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> System 6 Heaven <http://www.euronet.nl/users/mvdk/system_6_heaven.html> System6 info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/system6.html> --> 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/system6%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
