--- dquebbeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I installed PC MacLan on a Win 98 print server so I > could print from my Mac > II to an HP 2100 PS... recently the company leased a > Win2k laptop for me and > I absolutely could not get it to find the HP until I > configured the laptop > to print using Appletalk! I mean, Win2k to Win98 to > an HP printer using > Appletalk?? But it works. > > Dave Quebbeman
Whatever works! But in future, especially with HP printers, download the free HP Network Printer Install Wizard. Unfortunately I don't think they have a Mac version anything like it, but they do have a "legacy" download for the LaserJet 4, 5 and 6 series. HP never had any LaserJet III Macintosh support but for the LaserJet II series they had a customized version of MacPrint, which can't be found on hp.com and I bet it only worked with System 6. Anyone know of third party software that will print from a Mac to a LaserJet III, through an HP JetDirect EX Plus print server? I know Strydent makes PowerPrint for networks, but it comes with a print server box and is expensive. Why it comes that way is Strydent programs a server name into the box they sell and their PowerPrint software looks for only that name. Bleah! They'd sell lots more of the Network version if they had it where the user could plug in ANY printserver name and just sell the software. At least since the EX Plus series, the external JetDirects have been Mac/Appletalk compatable. I can print to my LaserJet 4 from my Macs using its built in JetDirect but they can't even see the LaserJet III because there simply are no Mac/network drivers available other than Strydent's proprietary product. I give it an even 50/50 that with a bit of ResEdit work I could make PowerPrint for networks work with my HP server. If the name is in plaintext and there's no crc/hash checking on the name it'd be easy, but if the software runs internal name tamper checks or encrypts the server name, that's beyond what I could do. I do have a version of PowerPrint with the serial to parallel cable that works with the LJIII, but then I can only print to it with the one Mac. With DAVE I could possibly share the printer, but I could only get PowerPrint to work _without_ the PostScript cartridge installed and DAVE can only share PostScript printers. ===== "You never have to repair or replace what you leave out of the design." William "Bill" Powell Lear, inventor of the 8-Track tape and the Learjet. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/ -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
