Re: [WinMac] Connecting a LW 12/640

Roger(tornberg[at]geo.su.se)
Thu, 20 Aug 1998 19:20:08 +0200

>Thomas Roth 8/20/98 8:19 AM said
>
>>>From: Peter Lau <pkhlau@carmen.murdoch.edu.au>
>>>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.
>>
>>
>>
>Another option we used here for a while (until we set up a print queue on
>an NT server) was to connect the LW 12/640 to one Windows computer via a
>parallel cable, then use Printer Sharing on that computer to give the
>other Windows computers access to the printer. Not as elegant a solution
>as a print server, but less expensive if you don't already have an NT
>server.
>
>Darron Spohn

We've also connected our LW 12/640 to a WinNT machine using a parallell
cable, AppleTalk (to printer) and Printer Sharing via ethernet to the
other PCs. It works just fine even though someone is using the WinNT
machine as his personal computer at the same time (most likely as we're not
printing huge amounts).

However, before settling on this (cheapest option) we first tried ...
- the above option but using ethernet instead of a parallell cable to
connect the WinNT and the printer. It only worked from time to time. Any
one know why ?
- setting up a Novel network as suggested in the manual, but it was to complex
- CopsTalk which worked fine, but costs too much
- giving the printer a specific IP and sending our printouts there, but it
didn't work with large documents, and there were no messages if the
printout failed.

Roger Törnberg

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