Re: [WinMac] Connecting a LW 12/640

Darron Spohn(dspohn[at]clicknet.com)
Thu, 20 Aug 1998 13:02:14 -0700

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>>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).
>
>I am not familiar with this model of printer but some lower cost units can
>get very confused with buffering multiple jobs that are being sent
>simultaneously accross multiple media. Having parallel/ethernet/phone-net
>all connected at once sounds like an invitation to problems IMHO. Try using
>any ONE of these connection methods and allowing separate software to keep
>the jobs in order.
>
>
>
While lower-end and older printers may get confused, the newer
LaserWriters handle these connections seamlessly. I was part of the
tech-support group that worked with the engineers at Apple to make this
work, mainly because I was tired of telling people they had to reset DIP
switches to change protocols. The printer reads the header information on
the print job and switches protocols automatically. There is no magic to
this, and it works as advertised.

We had our 12/640 receiving Ethernet jobs from Macs and Windows jobs from
the parallel port with no problems. We switched to Ethernet for both
platforms as soon as we had an extra IP address for the printer and could
set up a print queue on an NT server.

Darron Spohn
Publications Manager
PinPoint Software
http://www.clicknet.com

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