Re: [WinMac] Connecting a LW 12/640


Thomas Roth(tomroth[at]wfubmc.edu)
Thu, 20 Aug 1998 11:19:41 -0400


>From: Peter Lau <pkhlau@carmen.murdoch.edu.au>
>Sorry but this may be off topic.

Not at all!

>I am currently attempting to connect a LW 12/640 onto an Ethernet network
>consisting of a mix of Power Macs and Pentium II (urgh) machines. The
>Wintel machines are using Microsoft Networking for file sharing and print
>services, however I cannot seem to be able to get these Wintel machines to
>print (via ethernet). The Power Macs can print to the printer easily, but
>the Wintel machines can't. Any suggestions?

That's because Windows computers don't come with AppleTalk protocol. You
don't mention what your using for a network server. I'd think you'd want
to connect the printer up to a network print queue so all computers (Mac &
Windows) could print to it easily.

 ______________________________________________________________________
 Tom Roth Wake Forest University School of Medicine
 tomroth@wfubmc.edu Dept of Biomedical Communications
 Tel 336.716.4493 Medical Center Blvd
 Fax 336.716.2808 Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1011
 ______________________________________________________________________

* Windows-MacOS Cooperation List *
* FAQ: <http://www.darryl.com/winmacfaq/> *
* Archives: <http://www.darryl.com/winmac/> *
* Subscribe: <mailto:winmac-on@xerxes.frit.utexas.edu> *
* Subscribe Digest: <mailto:winmac-digest@xerxes.frit.utexas.edu> *
* Unsubscribe: <mailto:winmac-off@xerxes.frit.utexas.edu> *



This archive was generated by hypermail 2.0b2 on Thu Aug 20 1998 - 08:26:19 PDT