Print to old LocalTalk LaserWriters
Nov 19, '02 09:09:52AM
Contributed by: stift
Some of my costumers use these old heavyweight Apple LocalTalk LaserWriters (i.e. Personal LaserWriter NT) to print their bills. There was always the question of why they don't work in OS X? But with the release of 10.2 (Jaguar) which includes CUPS, and with the help of linuxprinting.org, they now will print.
- Download the drivers and ghostscript from linuxprinting.org and install the packages.
- Download and install the LocalTalk Bridge on your "Printserver." Your printserver is, in fact, an OS 9 computer with the ability to connect a LocalTalk printer.
- Reboot the "Printserver".
- Add the LocalTalk Printer via PrintCenter as is explained in the manuals.
Now you can print on these oldheavyweights.
[Editor's note: I haven't tested this hint myself, as I no longer have one of these heavyweights lying around (nor an OS 9 machine...). Again, my apologies if this is somewhat of a duplicate, but I'm erring on the side of too much info on the printing hints...]
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