Hi Nicolas --- -- Many thanks for your useful comments, I'll certainly follow them up. Sorry about the full-resolution images, I didn't think enough about that step.
Cheers -- David Noel / Dec 29 ======== On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 4:24 PM, Nicholas Pyers <[email protected]>wrote: > > 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/ > > > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
