[WinMac] Re: LW640

Alex Dearden(pata[at]tampabay.rr.com)
Thu, 28 Jan 1999 20:41:10 -0500

>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.

Does it support LPR printing???? I can't remember if that model does or
not.

If it does, you can use shareware like ACITS spooler or WLPRSpooler (both
mentioned earlier on this list) to set up an LPR queue to it from w95.

What it doesn't have is SMB, that is, straight windoze 95 support.

Alex Dearden
pata@doglover.com

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