Re: [WinMac] Connecting a LW 12/640

themack@ix.netcom.com
Fri, 21 Aug 1998 05:09:52 -0000

>>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.

  I agree with Ed. Your best bet would be to pick up an HP external
JetDirect to share the printer. I'm sure if it will simultaneously share
across protocols, but it's worth checking out.
  With the configuration you are using, you are likely to run into a lot
of issues with the printer mysteriously disappearing from one or the
other network, and likely to see that guy's machine grind to a halt if
printer useage increases.

=-Mack-=
Jim Macknik

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