[WinMac] Re: Connecting a LW 12/640

Alex Dearden(pata[at]tampabay.rr.com)
Sat, 22 Aug 1998 12:38:09 -0400

>At the moment I have one of the Pentium machines connected to the LW 12/640
>via a parallel cable. I can share this printer with the 6 Pentium machines
>using MS file and print sharing without a problem. However I would dearly
>like to remove that printer cable and use an Ethernet connection instead.
>In order to use Ethernet do I have to install:
>1) NT workstation and setup a printer queue.
>Can I use TCP/IP printing with NT? I already have an IP number set for the
>LW from the Mac side of the network. Will the Mac side of the network
>co-exist with NT? Can I use ethernet to connect the LW with NT??
>or
>2) Novell Netware fileserver as the manual suggests.

1)Yes, it's the easiest way. Yes you can use TCP/IP printing with NT,
it's built-in. Just be careful you don't capture the printer port when
you're setting up the printer on the NT station otherwise your Macs won't
see it in the Chooser.

Yes, the mac side will coexist withn NT (provided you don't capture the
port as stated above).

As long as the LW has an ethernet connection (and supports the protocols)
you can use whatever you want with Ethernet. So yes, you can use Ethernet
with NT.

I would *forget* about Novell for now. Use the NT option and it will be a
lot easier.

Alex Dearden
pata@doglover.com

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