I have a PowerMac G4 DA (OSX 10.4.11 and MacOS 9.2.2), and a LaserWriter Select 360 printer.
When I switched from the Beige G3 to the G4 DA, I wanted to keep this fine laser printer, so I found and installed the Griffin g4Port (it's a little device substituting the modem card, and giving the G4 a serial/printer port like older Macs). The g4Port+LaserWriter work fine in OS9, but I would like to print in OSX as well - and I can't understand how to set it up. Since when I got the G4 I was still using mostly OS9, I didn't care much about printing in OSX (10.3.9 at the time). Now I do (since I'm using OSX almost exclusively), but I don't know how to set it up nor for OSX neither for Classic. Griffin FAQ says the g4Port is compatible with OSX 10.3 (we are talking 2002 here). I think it should be compatible with 10.4 as well. I installed its drivers, but... then what? - I go to OSX Preferences/Print, and it lists "Adobe PDF 8.0" and "iP2000" (a Canon inkjet, working ok) only. If a create a new printer based on "Adobe PDF 8.0", it creates a PDF, no printing. - I tried messing around in "Network" and "Print" preferences: I see g4Port in "Network" but I can't set it to Appletalk, and there's no G4Port or LaserWriter at all in "Print". - If in "Network" I create a new position, I can set "g4Port" in "Show". Then what? All the tabs are for Internet (PPP, TCP/IP, Proxy, Modem). - From Classic (I mean, inside OSX), I can't print either (I seem to remember I was able to print from Classic in 10.3, but I might be wrong). Inside "Chooser" I click on "LaserWriter 8" icon (like I do in OS9), but no printer appears on the right. When I try to print (e.g. from QuarkXpress) I get an "Unknown error -5751". I know it's an old piece of hardware, but I hope someone is able to shed some light - the whole Network/Print prefrences are quite obscure to me. :-/ Thanks in advance, Valter -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
