on 5/17/05 3:30 PM, Ruffin Bailey wrote: >Is there no way to use an older 68k as a print server? I realize this is a >II, not a Mac, but I'd like to get my ImageWriter back onto the network >somehow. > >Any way to kill the nostalgia and ImageWriter birds with the same stone?
If you put the localtalk option card in an ImageWriter II, it becomes a network printer on a localtalk network. All MacOS 9 and earlier Macs on that net can print to it, and you can bridge localtalk to ethernet with a hardware bridge or a Mac running LocalTalk Bridge. I don't think there is a way to share an ImageWriter I at all or an ImageWriter II without the option card. Apple has printer sharing software for System 7.x through 9 but IIRC it only works for certain StyleWriters. You could directly connect such a StyleWriter to an old Mac on the LAN making that Mac act as a print server, again limited to MacOS 9 and earlier. But there are localtalk and ethernet options for those StyleWriters, which puts them on the LAN without depending on a print server; almost always a better way to go. As for OS X, the only Apple printers you can easily use are LaserWriters with Postscript Level 2, and you may need an ethernet/localtalk bridge to get to them. -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.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/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
