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Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2018 5:46 PM
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Subject: Re: RE: Personal Laser Writer
That could work, but something to watch out for is older JetDirect servers,
both the external and MIO slot, and some EIO slot versions use JAVA. Thus
That could work, but something to watch out for is older JetDirect servers,
both the external and MIO slot, and some EIO slot versions use JAVA. Thus you
must have JAVA support in a web browser to configure them GUI style. No JAVA
support on yer fancy new operating system or smartphone? You get
Of Scott Holmes
Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2018 12:15 AM
To: Vintage Macs
Subject: Re: Personal Laser Writer
PLW NT / NTR - here we have some possibilities. Both support PostScript,
serial and LocalTalk. The NTR is faster and also has a parallel interface.
In the old days, a Linux box running Netatalk
My solution.
For postscript 2 printers such as LW 12/640 I set a fixed ip (this should be
done from a OS 9 computer) and the the printer is seen also by newer macs and
Yosemite.
For the NT and NTR I use them by connecting to a Mac running Tiger.
bcg
> On Jul 2, 2018, at 9:26 PM, RHKoolstar
Easiest way would be to use a small ARM-based board, say a raspberryPi.
Install Linux and CUPS. install the laserwriter with a serial to USB
interface. The printer can be shared over ethernet.
CUPS supports:
LaserWriter 15/600, 4/600, IIG, IINTX, NT, Pro 630 & Select 630
You can probably mount
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> https://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?f=19=652543
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It sounds like there is a way to do this. The easiest might be to find an
old PC with a parallel port.
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which model of personal laserwriter? NT, PS, ... ?
Op maandag 2 juli 2018 12:27:19 UTC+2 schreef Joel Feltman:
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> Greetings all,
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> Does anyone know of a method to connect a Personal LaserWriter to a modern
> Mac? Is there a method to make that printer networkable?
>
> Joel Feltman
> Lake
