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Personal LaserWriter 300?
I was very excited when i first saw this topic, but it did not work for me.. Is Apple Personal LaserWriter 300 not supported..?
Personal LaserWriter 300?
The 300 is a serial Quickdraw printer so I don't think this hint applies but I too am looking for a solution to use this printer in X.
Personal LaserWriter 300?
Two thoughts here:
Personal LaserWriter 300?
OSX does not support serial port printing, and I believe the PLW 300 is a serial port only printer, so I think you're probably SOL. But, if you have one of the older laserwriters other than the PLW 300, you either have to use a print server, and localtalk bridge like others have posted, or get an iPrint adapter which connects to Localtalk on your printer and to Ethernet on your computer or hub, or a parallel to USB cable is also supported, if your printer has a parallel port. OSX also does not support Postscript Level 1 printers. If your laserwriter is postscript level 2 or 3, it has been supported in OSX all along. The PLW 320, for example, is a pslevel 2 printer, so it is supported in that regard. But, if your laserwriter is postscript level 1 only (Like the Laserwriter, the Laserwriter II, IINT and IINTX for example), it is not supported in OSX. Up until recently that is. : ) Make sure that your laserwriter is turned on before installing! Install Ghostscript first and then install the pslevel1 drivers. Then hold down the option key and click on Add Printer in the Print Center. Hopefully, you should be able to see your printer. In my case, I found mine under the regular Appletalk menu, not under Advanced. Choose the appropriate ppd file for your printer, and you should be printing...finally!
Personal LaserWriter 300?
What I don't understand is why I can print to my PLW 300 from Classic, but not from Jaguar. Just because it is serial should not matter. I can see it using atlookup, so why can't I send it data to print?
Personal LaserWriter 300?
You should definitely check out http://www.balthisar.com/printing/index.html. It might give you some ideas on how to make it work.
Balthazar's experiments partially succeeds
When I issue the command atlookup I find Printer:LWSelect300 on my little network. It is connected to my wife's OS 9 PowerBook through iDock (serial to USB). This is good. However, when I attempt to print my sample document, which I created using print to file in Classic, using the command atprint Printer:LWSelect300 < LW300.prn the command times out (ATPsndreq: Operatin timed out). I think this step should work, but I don't know what to test next. |
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