I guess we got off onto ink prices. I'm not that concerned about ink. I was mainly
trying to get this LaserJet 4m working under 10.2.3 via Appletalk over Ethernet by
using a Farallon EtherWave (EtherMac) Print Adapter. I've now got it working, and I'll
outline what I did so that hopefully it will be archived, and others won't have as
much effort since information on both the LaserJet 4m and the EtherWave is very sparse
on the web. This would seemingly apply to other appletalk to ethernet print adapters
such as the Asante, and any appletalk printers.
The LaserJet 4m is a Postscript level 2 and is supported in 10.2, and I have not
installed or used GimpPrint or GhostScript. The Farallon EtherWave Print Adapter
appears to work passively and requires no setup or software that I can tell. The key
element as far as I can tell is to use a crossover cable from the DHCP router port (or
your computer's ethernet jack as the case may be) to the Print Adapter. The Print
Adapter then uses the 8-pin DIN Appletalk plug into the LaserJet or other Appletalk
printer. In System 9.1 you must configure the AppleTalk control panel to not use the
printer port, but rather ethernet. In OS X 10.2, Appletalk is under the System
Preferences in the Network Preferences. It should be "active" and set on "ethernet".
Open the utility Print Center and click "add printer" followed by selecting connect
via "Appletalk" and Print Center will query and automatically add LaserJet 4 to the
Printer List. I chose "configure automatically" and it went and found the PPD and
other options, which I accepted or changed, and voila, a LaserJet is added and
working. I added the HP drivers from the 10.2 install disc #2 prior to attaching
anything, and I think these drivers may be preferable to the HP Legacy Installer
versions available for download which I believe are better for OS X 10.0-10.1.5. (This
is also true for ATI 7000 video cards, the 10.2 drivers on the CD are preferable to
the Oct. 2002 (0210) drivers I believe).
As for my 6mb memory, I've got to think I'll look to get more. The first two items I
printed were black & white 8 x 10 photos and it was at least 2 minutes before any
printing started. I printed several other pages, and they look a little light in tone,
but perhaps there's an adjustment or new PPD that will solve that minor problem. I'm
just happy to have an old appletalk printer working over ethernet. Kris Tilford
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