Re: LW IIf

[Allan Hunter]

How are you physically connected to the IIf?  Standard LocalTalk? 
PhoneNet?  Have you verified that AppleTalk is on and that the right 
port is selected?  Cable good?  Have you tried switching the printer 
off and then back on?

Or are you trying to use EtherTalk (AppleTalk over Ethernet) instead? 
(Lots of folks do, so as to network with other machines on a LAN). 
Are you using a LocalTalk to Ethernet bridge to get the IIf online? 
If you're doing this, have you checked to make sure your AppleTalk 
connection is set to rely on Ethernet and not the Printer Port 
(LocalTalk)?  It *will* default to Printer Port if you zap the PRAM 
or the parameter RAM settings get hosed in some fashion, including 
via low PRAM battery.

You mentioned having the PPC upgrade in your ci.  If I remember 
correctly, it would not be terribly unusual for that to affect timing 
issues for LocalTalk.  If you are using a standard LocalTalk or 
PhoneNet connection and sometimes it's there and sometimes your 
printer is missing in action, you might want to consider the 
Enet-to-LocalTalk bridge and putting an Ethernet card in (if you 
don't already have one).

Oh, and you can never have too many Macs.  If you get a PM 7500 you 
can set it up as a file server that everything from modern Macs 
running Panther to System 6 Macs can mount on Desktop and access in 
common.

At 8:28 PM -0500 12/2/04, Thomas Burns wrote:
Hey guys,
Question about the LW IIf again.
Ok, now my IIci is running 8.1 with a PPC upgrade. I've got Laser 
Writer 8 in my chooser, but when I click on it my IIf doesn't show 
up. It showed up just once and I was able to print like a half a 
sheet of a picture and a few little simple text things, but now it 
won't show up. I'm stumped. I've tried changing the number of the 
device and even the cords. Oddly, the little StyleWriter II works 
just fine when hooked up to the printer port. Also, the LW sort of 
half ass prints from my XP box. Any suggestions?

Oh one other question. Since I've become addicted to fiddling with 
these Macs, is it worth while to get another IIci to fiddle with or 
an SE/30 or even a power Mac 7500?

Tom
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LW IIf

[Thomas Burns]

Hey guys,
Question about the LW IIf again.
Ok, now my IIci is running 8.1 with a PPC upgrade. I've got Laser Writer 8 
in my chooser, but when I click on it my IIf doesn't show up. It showed up 
just once and I was able to print like a half a sheet of a picture and a few 
little simple text things, but now it won't show up. I'm stumped. I've tried 
changing the number of the device and even the cords. Oddly, the little 
StyleWriter II works just fine when hooked up to the printer port. Also, the 
LW sort of half ass prints from my XP box. Any suggestions?

Oh one other question. Since I've become addicted to fiddling with these 
Macs, is it worth while to get another IIci to fiddle with or an SE/30 or 
even a power Mac 7500?

Tom 

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