On 23 Sep, this message from CK echoed through cyberspace: > Now I'd like to set it up as a printserver for the home lan using an > old epson color inkjet printer (works more or less on my laptop with > gimp-print). > > Can anyone give me a quick shot at setting up a localtalk connection ^^^^^^^^^ > under linux for printing (docs on this seem to be a bit sparse google- > wise) ?
Localtalk? Forget it, will never be supported under Linux. It's too intensive on the CPU, and very timing-sensitive on top of that. You'd probably need a real-time OS (or cooperative multitasking, like MacOS) for that to work... By the way: OS X can be made to run on the older PCI hardware still having serial ports; does it support Localtalk on those? I doubt it... Now, on the other hand, make sure your printer connection is _really_ Localtalk; I think I remember some of the Epson's simply running a serial connection at some very high speed (like 230 kb/s or so...). Cheers Michel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michel Lanners | " Read Philosophy. Study Art. 23, Rue Paul Henkes | Ask Questions. Make Mistakes. L-1710 Luxembourg | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.cpu.lu/~mlan | Learn Always. "