Re: [WinMac] Connecting a LW 12/640

Roger(tornberg[at]geo.su.se)
Thu, 20 Aug 1998 22:21:39 +0200

>>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.
>

Well, yes, that was indeed what we did. We only used the AppleTalk ability
of Dell PPro with WinNT and plugged an Ethernet cable from our LAN into the
outlets on the LW 12/640. Sharing of the printer is done over our LAN with
Microsoft Networking. Somehow about 50% of the printouts were lost on the
way to the printer. Cant see why.
But since we connected the printer with a parallell cable directly to the
WinNT it has worked without problems. The Macs newer had a problem with
either LocalTalk or Ethernet.

Roger Törnberg

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