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


Bruce Johnson(johnson[at]Pharmacy.Arizona.EDU)
Tue, 26 Jan 1999 11:22:10 -0700


I'd watch that 'works very well' part..I've been playing with this for
several days. I've managed to get the printer to spit out a page of
gobbldegook. Once.

Printing from Win95 to a HP external jetdirect.

Jorge Herrera wrote:
>
> There is a free (for home use) LPD/LPR Daemon.
> Download it from here: It works very well.
>
> http://shadowland.cc.utexas.edu/acitslpr.htm
>
> -Jorge Herrera
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: winmac@xerxes.frit.utexas.edu
> [mailto:winmac@xerxes.frit.utexas.edu]On Behalf Of David & Deanna Warren
> Sent: Monday, January 25, 1999 9:43 PM
> To: The Windows-MacOS cooperation list
> Subject: [WinMac] Printing to a TCP/IP LW640 From Win98
>
> 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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-- 
Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group

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