Re: older macs with newer printers--different question

Current Epson printers have a chip snapped onto the ink cartridges which the printer updates as it's used. Going by the number of nozzle firings, it calculates when it figures it's out of ink. Some companies are getting rich selling devices to reprogram the chips and new replacement chips for peop

Re: LaserWriter II

At 20:34 -0800 on 29/10/02, THE ROCK wrote: >Where can I get ink cartiledge for this printer? How much do they cost >anyway? Toner for the LWII-series is available just about everywhere. Check your local yellow pages. -- the pickle FAQ Software Archive

Re: Sharing new printers with older Macs. Re:

At 05:07 +0100 on 30/10/02, Marten van de Kraats wrote: >>I know all about what a network PostScript printer can do. If I had >>one of those I might not have started the thread! > >You should get one. They are not very expensive secondhand and very >cheap in usage compared to inkjet printers, bes

LaserWriter II

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Re: older macs with newer printers--different question

> > >Hmmm, is there a comprehensive list of 3rd party >printers of all types with MacSerial ports? If not, >why not? The list would be very Epson heavy. Not that I know of. BTW I always had the impression that epson wasn't that much of a hit in the Mac environment back in the days of the macseria

Re: older macs with newer printers--different question

--- [EMAIL PROTECTED], > What, no old Mac inkjets? Stylewriter II, 1200, 1500 > and color 2500's? > Try 'em if you find 'em. Very low, if any, prices > these days. Quality > varies according to abuse received. Rebadged Canon printers with MacSerial instead of parallel ports. There's also the

Re: Sharing new printers with older Macs. Re:

>The thread is about getting a Mac to talk to a UNIX print server. Originally maybe, but other related printing issues were being discussed too. That's the way these lists work. I was discussing one of those other related issues. > >I know all about what a network PostScript printer can do. If

Re: Sharing new printers with older Macs. Re:

If you have a printer with 68k Mac drivers and an ethernet LAN, grab one of the HP JetDirect EX printserver boxes off eBay. You want to make certain to get the Ethernet version! There's also a JetDirect EX Plus 3 that can run 3 printers. Make sure you get the power supply because it uses a propriet

Re: Mac IIci

On Tue, 29 Oct 2002 11:48:03 -0500 Charles Shannon Hendrix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Oct 26, 2002 at 03:52:18PM -0400, Sara Johnson wrote: > > What frightens me is that not only do I identify with this statement, but I > > have been wishing for a computer room for years now, and I am s

Re: Sharing Network printers

Help needed about Print Sharing: This thread has been thrown around quite a bit the past couple of days. What I would like to know is... Has anyone had any experience sharing a USB Compaq (a lexmark clone, really) color printer (currently and only connected to a Windows XP PeeCee wich has PC MacLA

Re: Rethinking I.E. Browsers

I like all of the features of Mozilla, but can't ignore the fact that the browser's interface shows a complete disregard for long-standing Macintosh interface standards. For example, when I control-click on a link, not only is the menu that appears some weird Windows/Mac hybrid looking thing, but i

Re: S key not responding to gentle touch

At 16:11 -0500 on 29/10/02, Dwight Hines wrote: > The s key takes a pounding, be it in lower case or caps, to show up on the > screen. > Any suggetions that don't require total dissambly? You probably have gunk in the contact, or - if it's an Apple Design keyboard th

Re: DiskTop [was Mac Explorer' was Mac IIci]

<<>Given that this is the Vintage Macs list, I feel compelled to give a >plug for some vintage software, aka DiskTop. DiskTop is/was a file >managment DA from the folks who produce QuickKeys (sp?) that solved all >of the multiple window file copying problems on System 6 (it broke my >Mac th

Re: S key not responding to gentle touch

The s key takes a pounding, be it in lower case or caps, to show up on the screen. Any suggetions that don't require total dissambly? >>> >>> You probably have gunk in the contact, or - if it's an Apple Design keyboard >>> the little plastic membrane that helps hold up the key has

Re: Rethinking I.E. Browsers

> IF [Mozilla] really IS just a clone of IE Don't look at that as a bad thing. They won't try to duplicate anything which doesn't work well. That's silly thinking. The rational is to give users an option as more poorly written sites cater to Microsoft "standards" and fail under other b

Re: older macs with newer printers--different question

>What, no old Mac inkjets? Stylewriter II... No abuse is sufficient for a Stylewriter II. They are my bane. _ Unlimited Internet access -- and 2 months free!  Try MSN. http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/2monthsfree.asp -

Re: 1 monitor on switchbox for 2-4 macs

>From: Clark Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: 1 monitor on switchbox for 2-4 macs >In-reply-to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Message-id: > >I have two setups with video switch boxes, both use a VGA monitor, >VGA (HD-15) switchbox and Mac-VGA adapters. With the Mac-VGA adapter >on the Mac the c

Re: older macs with newer printers--different question

Vintage Macs wrote... >From: "J.S. Garrison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: older macs with newer printers--different question > > > >flawed jai wrote: > >> I got motivated today and...[snip] >> >> Janet >> > > [snip] > >Do a yard sale. Collect the funds together and get a really spiffy >Epso

Re: Rethinking I.E. Browsers

>From: "J.S. Garrison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Rethinking I.E. Browsers > >Cameron Kaiser wrote: > >> > > FYI. 4.8 is out now. ;) >> > >> > Nobody uses that stuff anymore. Mozilla is what is happening >> >> Mozilla, frankly, sucks. It seems to have forgotten all other protocols >> and it

Re: Rethinking I.E. Browsers

>From: Gregg Eshelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Rethinking I.E. Browsers >In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >--- Marten van de Kraats <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: >> Nobody uses that stuff anymore. Mozilla is what is >> happening > >Not happening here until someone gets off their >duff an

Re: Adobe's prnter drivers download. Re: Sharing new printers with older Macs. Re:

On Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 11:11:31AM +0100, Marten van de Kraats wrote: > These ppd files are the same for every operating system from unix to > mac to windows, as someone on this list has already stated before. Actually, they vary. I have had some software choke on Mac PPD files for example. Tr

Re: Mac IIci

On Sat, Oct 26, 2002 at 03:52:18PM -0400, Sara Johnson wrote: > What frightens me is that not only do I identify with this statement, but I > have been wishing for a computer room for years now, and I am seriously > considering remodeling the basement solely for this purpose... One day I hope to h

Re: Sharing new printers with older Macs. Re:

On Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 11:02:49AM +0100, Marten van de Kraats wrote: > >For example, I have a color Epson Stylus Color 880 hooked up to my UNIX > >machine running CUPS and GIMP-Print drivers. As far as I know that is > >the only way to make this printer available to any system on the LAN, > >as

Re: Sharing new printers with older Macs. Re:

On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 09:04:17PM -0800, Gregg Eshelman wrote: > Depends on how well the PostScript is emulated. :P I had a Qume CrystalPrint > Publisher II that would work, barely, when it felt like it with the > LaserWriter drivers compatable with Mac OS 7.6.1 on my Power IIci. With > olde eno

Re: DiskTop [was Mac Explorer' was Mac IIci]

>Subject: Re: Mac Explorer [was Mac IIci] >From: Phil Beesley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Given that this is the Vintage Macs list, I feel compelled to give a >plug for some vintage software, aka DiskTop. DiskTop is/was a file >managm

Re: S key not responding to gentle touch

At 06:52 -0500 on 29/10/02, Dwight Hines wrote: >> >>> The s key takes a pounding, be it in lower case or caps, to show up on the >>> screen. >>> >>> Any suggetions that don't require total dissambly? >> >> You probably have gunk in the contact, or - if it's an Apple Design keyboard >>- >> the lit

Re: S key not responding to gentle touch

> >> The s key takes a pounding, be it in lower case or caps, to show up on the >> screen. >> >> Any suggetions that don't require total dissambly? > > You probably have gunk in the contact, or - if it's an Apple Design keyboard - > the little plastic membrane that helps hold up the key has cut

Re: Adobe's prnter drivers download. Re: Sharing new printers with older Macs. Re:

--- Marten van de Kraats <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >For Macintosh > > > >http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=44&platform=Macintosh > > > > > >For Windows > > > >http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=44&platform=Windows > > > >There you'll also find PPD

Re: Adobe's prnter drivers download. Re: Sharing new printerswith older Macs. Re:

>For Macintosh > >http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=44&platform=Macintosh > > >For Windows > >http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=44&platform=Windows > >There you'll also find PPD files for Mac and Windows >as well as a few INF files for Windows. > >F

Re: Sharing new printers with older Macs. Re:

> >Depends on how well the PostScript is emulated. :P >I had a Qume CrystalPrint Publisher II that would >work, barely, when it felt like it with the >LaserWriter >drivers compatable with Mac OS 7.6.1 on my Power IIci. >With olde enough drivers and System 7.1 it worked >fine. Tried to install olde

Re: Sharing new printers with older Macs. Re:

>On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 01:30:02PM +0010, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Every 68k Mac can print to any postscript laserprinter (emulated postscript > > and real postscript) that talks appletalk (these specs involve about every > >...which doesn't do you any good if your printer is not capable o

Re: apple's older software download

The Epson Color stylus can be used by Macs with a 68040 procesoor and higher. I have had one and was able to print from a LC475 or q700. I don't remember what operating system was installed, either 7.6.1. or 8.1. Printing was terrible slow and the print quality was much lower than when printing