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Re: old laser printer question

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Julian Vrieslander wrote:
>
> I wonder if you could still use an ethernet-to-LocalTalk adapter to run 
> the old LaserWriters.  They still show up on the web, for example:
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Asante-Talk-Ethernet-LocalTalk-Bridge/dp/B00004VUFW
>
> You probably won't find a custom driver that will work on OS X.  But if 
> they have PostScript, maybe they can be run as a generic PostScript 
> device.


I don't have one to test, but this probably would work.

1. Get a Mac with both LocalTalk and ethernet ports.

2. Run the bridge software that used to be available to bridge the 
   networks. There were two versions, an expensive one which did 
   general ip over localtalk routing, and one specific for laserwriters.
   Obvioulsy I have forgotten the name, someone else may remember it.

3. Set up a linux system running Netatalk, and CUPS.

Print to the printer from really old Macs, using localtalk.

Print to the printer on newer Macs using ethernet based AppleTalk.

Print to the printer using Netatalk, from Linux, Windows, and modern Macs.

Geoff.

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