[WinMac] Sharing a LW Select 360 with a PC

Subject: [WinMac] Sharing a LW Select 360 with a PC
From: DUSSAULT, YVES (yves.dussault[at]bell.ca)
Date: Wed Mar 06 2002 - 10:51:47 EST

A few weeks back Anthony Lord asked a question:
> OK, heres the multi-printer rundown :
>
> * Home-office LAN featuring Macs (OS 9.x & 10.x) and PCs (W2K)
> * Apple LaserWriter 4/600PS with Farallon iPrint LocalTalk <-> Ethernet Adaptor
> * Epson Colour Photo 720 USB
>
> Obviously all the Macs can print to the LaserWriter but not the PCs
> (I found that Apples 'LaserWriterBridge' software was problematic on
> my network hence the iPrint.)
>
> I can share the Epson between all the PCs if plugged in to a PC, and
> all the Macs if plugged in to a Mac.
>
> What I would REALLY like is the ability to print to EITHER printer
> from ANY machine. All printers will be centralized (on a server if
> necessary.)

Tim Scoff provided an answer:
> The Windows 2000 computers can print to the 4/600 as you
> described the network. Use the Add Printer Wizard to add a new local
> printer. Click on the Add Port button when you're selecting which
> port to use and add an AppleTalk Port.
>

I have a very similar set-up:
* Home-office LAN featuring Macs (OS 9.x & 10.x) and PC (WinXP)
* Apple LaserWriter Select 360 with Farallon iPrint LocalTalk <-> Ethernet
Adaptor

The two differences are LW Select 360 and WinXP. I tried Tim's suggestion but
the Add Printer wizard in XP does not offer the option of adding an Apple Talk
port so it does not see the LW. If I select "Add a local printer" I get
choices for "Local, LPR, PDF, Standard TCP/IP". If I select "Add a network
printer and I click "Browse for printer", it does not see anything. Is this
just a difference between W2K and WinXP or am I not looking at the right
place?

I went to the Apple and Microsoft sites and I could not find either place a PC
driver for the Select 360. Do I need the driver before XP will see the
printer? Where do I find it?

By the way, before anybody mentions it, I know that the LW Select 360 has
serial and parallel ports but the printer is 2 floors away so running a cable
is my last option. I would rather have a software solution.

TIA 

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