Sorry for the off-topic post, but I know several listers may have some
insights. (Google doesn't seem to be much help.)
I have an old Dataproducts LZR 1580 that I bought in 1991. It is still
quit useful, although it is no longer my primary printer. The PPD I have
(ca. 1993) worked fine in Jaguar, with some minor cajoling. But
Panther's Printer Setup refuses to cooperate. It will let me choose the
PPD, even recognizing it as Dataproducts, but when I hit OK it refuses
to assign it to the printer and fails to display any kind of error
message. (Grrrr.) I can use the printer by setting it up as Generic
Postscript, but that doesn't include any of the trays or paper size
options the printer actually has. (I can get around the paper size
restrictions by tricking the software, but it's a bit of a pain.)
And this discussion begs the question of Tiger. When Tiger comes, can I
even still use an Ethertalk printer? I have discoverd that Tiger no
longer supports File Sharing over Ethertalk. But what about Ethertalk
printers? (FWIW: the printer is actually serial Localtalk, but I use a
3rd-party adapter that converts back and forth.)
This is why I an coming to hate Apple: repeated cutoffs of support for
legacy software and hardware, and already another coming. It may well
drive me completely to the other side.
--
Robert Patterson
http://RobertGPatterson.com
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