Nancy- I tried to find the Apple LocalTalk Bridge but was not successful. I too have thought about using other drivers for my Epson- which is exactly as you say- serial and parallel connections. Maybe we'll succeed if we keep at it.
I'm going to have to solder in another PCI socket to get USB, as all 4 of mine are filled... I hope your trade show went well. -Ford On Friday, April 26, 2002, at 04:55 PM, Nancy Haitz wrote: > Ford, > > I don't think you will have much luck with the Parallel port. Epson has > not written a Mac driver for the parallel port connection :-( You > might, however, have some luck using a parallel to USB cable and Epson's > USB driver for the 700. > > I have downloaded the Apple Localtalk Bridge software, but have not > tried using it. The ReadMe File indicates that it will not work if > there is another network connection in the setup. Your mileage may > vary. > > I have read some interesting experiments where people have been > successful using some of the "other" printer drivers to get their > non-supported Epson printer to work with OSX. > > Nancy > > PS: To avoid confusing people (me included) I think your Epson 700 is > like our's. Our's has a serial connector and a parallel one. -- Unsupported OS X is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Unsupported OS X list info <http://lowendmac.com/lists/unsupported.html> 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/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
