At 15:01 -0400 6/20/02, Unsupported OS X wrote: >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 08:44:15 +0100 >From: gww <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Using old StyleWriters from Mac OS X > >[...] >But I also have several older Macs. It occurred to me to try to set one of the >older Macs up as a print-server, with an SW 2200 directly connected, and to >access it using printer sharing over my Ethernet. Bingo ! Within >Classic on the >OS X machine I can now select the shared printer in the Chooser, and print to >it across the network from Classic apps. As always with printer sharing, you >need to match versions of printer drivers in host and client machines. > >Now obviously printing only from Classic isn't ideal, but for me it's a whole >lot more ideal than having to reboot into Mac OS 9 whenever I wanted a colour >print. So if you have the spare parts and the network, you can do this too.
It should also be noted that once you have this working, you can use it to indirectly print from Mac OS X applications. Anything that can print in Mac OS X can print to a PDF file. So print to a PDF, open the PDF in Classic Acrobat Reader, and print it over the network to your shared printer. Or, as is described in this article: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20020502082142450 ... set an older version of Acrobat Reader in Classic to be the default app for .pdf files. Then, in any Mac OS X app, you can choose "Preview" in the print dialog, which will create a PDF and open it in your preferred PDF-viewing app. It'll open your Classic Acrobat Reader and you can then print directly from that app. adam -- 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
