Re: Help with Griffin g4Port in OSX and LaserWriter
Il giorno 3-06-2011 7:32, Kris Tilford ha scritto: Did you ever print in 10.4.11 on the old Beige, or with it printing in OS 9 only also? IIRC, on the Beige G3 I was never able to print in OSX 10.3.9 (but I didn't try very hard). I always printed fine in OS9. Below is an old article on serial printing in OS X. After reading that page, I get my LW Select 360 is not a serial printer, but a LocalTalk one (it has PostScript L2): The LaserWriters that are PostScript printers generally only have a LocalTalk port rather than a serial port On this page, it says that the LaserWriter Select 310 (and I'm guessing also your 360?) use a non-standard protocol for communicating with the printer over a standard serial port cable. The LW S 310 has not LocalTalk, mine has it. Mine has a parallel and serial port as well, but I think going serial would only make it more complicated. Thank you anyway. My assumption is that, since it works fine in OS9 and there's an OSX driver, there should be a way to use it in OSX as well. -- 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
Re: Help with Griffin g4Port in OSX and LaserWriter
Whoops! I got confused... I'm correcting my first answer. Sorry! :-/ Il giorno 3-06-2011 7:32, Kris Tilford ha scritto: Did you ever print in 10.4.11 on the old Beige, or with it printing in OS 9 only also? On the Beige G3 I had OSX 10.3.9, not 10.4. IIRC I could print in OSX. -- 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
Help with Griffin g4Port in OSX and LaserWriter
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
Re: Help with Griffin g4Port in OSX and LaserWriter
On Jun 2, 2011, at 12:24 PM, Valter Prahlad wrote: 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. I'm pretty sure this has to do with dropping Ethertalk in favor of Appletalk over IP in 10.4. See: https://discussions.apple.com/message/12050328?messageID=12050328 -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- 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
Re: Help with Griffin g4Port in OSX and LaserWriter
On Jun 2, 2011, at 8:43 PM, Valter Prahlad wrote: 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. Did you ever print in 10.4.11 on the old Beige, or with it printing in OS 9 only also? Below is an old article on serial printing in OS X. Normal serial printing requires the installation of serial printing enabler software. On this page, it says that the LaserWriter Select 310 (and I'm guessing also your 360?) use a non-standard protocol for communicating with the printer over a standard serial port cable. I was given an old LaserWriter Select in perfect condition, and I looked into this once and determined it was too much work for me to mess with, but it may be possible if you follow the links to the information about the non-standard protocol. Here's a link to get you started: http://webpages.charter.net/mbroughtn/serial_printing.html -- 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
