LW 4/600 with PCs
Gabriel Lawrence(gabe[at]ne.mediaone.net)
Wed, 15 Jul 1998 00:24:08 +0200
>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. It is not listed
>in the printer setup wizard as one of the choices. However, it is reputed
>to use the same driver as many other Mac laserprinters, but I can't seem to
>get it to work with my PC no matter which driver I choose.
>
>Thank you,
>Carol Zhou
I use this printer on my home network and print to it easily from either my
Macs or my Win95 machine. First of all, The LaserWriter 4/600 is a
LocalTalk only printer, not a serial printer. The easiest way I've found to
set it up to do what you want is to use a Mac on your network as a
LocalTalk-Ethernet gateway. Of course this assumes that you have a least
one Mac connected to your PC via Ethernet.
Setting up the gateway is easy, all you have to do is download the free
Apple LaserWriter Bridge software from the Apple website.
<ftp://ftp.info.apple.com/Apple.Support.Area/Apple.Software.Updates/US/Macintosh
/Networking-Communications/Other_N-C/LT_and_LW_Bridge_2.1.sea.bin>
--- On the Mac ---
Next, place it in your Control Panels folder, open the control panel,
select the "On" radio button, close it and reboot. Now set the AppleTalk
connection to "Ethernet" and you're all set.
--- On the PC ---
All you have to do is open the Printer Control Panel, run the "Add Printer"
wizard, choose "Local printer" (LPT1:) and select the appropriate Apple
Laserprinter driver (the generic Apple LaserWriter works fine).
That's it, happy printing!
=Gabe
Gabriel Lawrence
Mac/Windows/Java Software Development
Bullseye Software -:-:- 781-721-1410
mailto:gabe@ne.mediaone.net
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