--- Da Pen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello to all, > Have a question about connecting a Mac 2fx to a > Hewlett Packard LaserJet 3. I would like to make > the > connection via ethernet. Can anyone tell me what > ethernet card will work in a 2FX, providing I can > find > one? What I have to do is arrange to use the LJ3 on > both the 2FX and a windows machine so I will need to > find an ethernet card for the HP as well. > Thanks. Dave
HP never made an ethernet card for the XIO slot in the LaserJet III series. Also, HP never released any Mac drivers or PPD (Postscript Printer Definition) files for the LJIII. There were some 3rd party XIO ethernet print server cards, but I've been unable to find any names and not a word about any 3rd party Mac software to use with them. The only ways to use a LaserJet III series with a Mac is via Strydent PowerPrint. They may still have the serial to parallel cable and software available, but their main focus is on the USB to parallel version. Strydent also sells PowerPrint for ethernet. IMHO, the company has take the wrong tack with the ethernet version because the only way to get it is with the external ethernet print server they sell. The PowerPrint software looks for a specific server name which is programmed into the box they sell. Ahem, most any external ethernet print server can have the name reprogrammed easily. Strydent would sell much more of their ethernet software if they cut the price, dropped the bundled server and either changed the software to allow any server name or just told people what to set the server name to. Oh, another problem is with the PowerPrint serial to parallel cable and driver, I could only get my IIID to work WITHOUT the PostScript cartridge, which meant that I couldn't share the printer with DAVE on the Mac or PC MacLAN on the PC side, so that "solution" is right out! These two products can only share PostScript printers. Even worse is the serial PowerPrint driver is S L O W. It rasterizes the print job into bitmap images, one per page, then sends them to the printer, essentially turning your relatively powerful Motorola 68K based printer into a poky host based printer. If I had the PowerPrint ethernet software, I'd poke around in it with ResEdit to see if the server name could be changed or find the name and change it on my HP JetDirect EX server. ===== Say hello to Juror #49. Yep, I'm on jury duty until the end of March. Gotta call in each weekend. Fun. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus -- 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
