LaserPrinter 4/600 PS

tom farrell(thf[at]pvs.k12.nm.us)
Wed, 15 Jul 1998 00:23:17 +0200

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>From: "Carol Zhou" <cezhou@ucdavis.edu>
> I am trying to use my Mac LaserPrinter 4/600 PS
> with my PC running Win98. The 4/600 is a postscript
> printer and uses a serial port.

The info at www.apple.com says the port is a localtalk port. this may or
may not be serial port (one would think so, but... ??). Can you print to
your printer from a mac when selecting a printer or modem port in the
chooser and a direct connect cable (like an imagewriter or stylewriter
uses), or must you use a "normal" laserwriter driver and localtalk
connectors?

If you can print to your printer via the serial port (eg, the modem port
rather than the printer port) or using a direct connect cable, then maybe
you can print to it from a PC. When printing to a laserwriter's serial port
from a PC, I've always needed a "null modem" serial cable (available
anywhere, but wired differently than a normal (usually used for modems)
serial cable). In addition, you'll need a cable (or cable and adapter) that
goes from the PC's normal d-shell serial port to a round, mini-din 8.

An interesting project... :-)

tom

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