On 29/12/2009, at 6:57 PM, David Noel wrote:
Hi Gang --
-- My Hewlett-Packard MP3 laser printer has 3 types of connector at
the back. One is an Appletalk connector, which I have been using
with an EtherMac iPrint adapter to Ethernet, but no longer works
under Snow Leopard, as Appletalk is not supported.
There are ways of getting AppleTalk printers working under Snow
Leopard... we ran a story in the November issue of the AppleUsers
Spotlight on how to do this - which is a reprint of this story from
TidBITS --> http://db.tidbits.com/article/10626
-- The other 2 are rectangular multipin connectors, which look as in
the photos at
http://www.aoi.com.au/HPConnect
ps: These images didn't need to be hi-res images... lower res jpgs
would have been fine and smaller and quicker to load :)
I thought these were RS232 connectors, but that doesn't appear to be
the case.
-- Can anyone tell me if I can get a cable which would connect
either of these ports to an Ethernet socket on my router?
The first image appears to be a Centronics Parallel connector and
there are a few Parallel->Ethernet adaptors on the market,
particularly ebay that you can use... see the above story for
recommendations
The other appears to be a AUI Ethernet interface (an old style
ethernet connection) and you should be able to pick up a AUI to RJ45
adaptors for around $20... if you can find one
--
Nicholas Pyers ([email protected])
Founder & Publisher, AppleUsers.org
http://www.appleusers.org/
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