Re: [WinMac] Printing to a TCP/IP LW640 From Win98

Oliver Townsend(otownsend[at]theage.fairfax.com.au)
Tue, 26 Jan 1999 13:46:27 +1100

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>Howdy,
>
>We added a Win98 machine to our (Mac + Unix) ethernet at home, but cannot
>get Win98 to recognize or use the printer without a $150 appletalk stack.
>Since my wife requires ;+)> me to integrate this PC, I feel sort of stuck.
>The other machines as well as the PC happily share the cable modem served
>by a Mac, but no place seems to exist to specify an IP address for the
>printer.
>
>I know this can be solved in about 5 minutes with NT, but I don't have that
>option. I also don't have the option of just running a paralell cable to
>the printer, which is what the manual suggests.
>
>The gurus at work are not sure--mgmt. won't let them fool with anything
>other than NT. Some say we're screwed, others say that there should be a
>way to "bind the protocol using a manual WINS configuration" (or some
>such.) I really hate the thought of having to buy an inkjet printer for
>Bill Gate's personal use....
>
>Any thoughts? This tuckered out publications manager (from Nextel) is
>stumped...all markers called in, all favors taken advantage of, etc. (I'll
>ignore the thought of what a fine crash the PC would make from the 16th
>floor...not that I haven't had it....)
>
>Thanks!
>
>David T. Warren
>mobius@moon.jic.com
>david.warren@nextel.com
>
>David & Deanna Warren, mobius@moon.jic.com
>
>
>
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