Re: [TCLUG:5332] Apple Laserwriter II NTX and Linux.

[James Raney <seumas@mad-seumas.net>]

Actually under windows I used the native apple laserwriter driver.  The
initial printing is slow, but after its working correctly you can send a
postscript program to the system to kick it up to 38400 baud.  Still slow,
but for a free postscript laserwriter I'll not complain :)

-- 
Jim Raney

"I poured spot remover on my dog.  Now he's gone."	--Steven Wright
	
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On Thu, 15 Apr 1999, Ben Luey wrote:

> I had a Laserwriter II NTX's running on pc (windows) by having the printer
> emulate an hp laserjet plus and use the serial port, but they were
> incredible slow. I was wondering you had the same problem, or if they were
> much faster when not emulating an hp.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ben
> 
> On Thu, 15 Apr 1999, James Raney wrote:
> 
> > To make a long story short my girlfriend's mother's work was throwing one
> > of these out.  Not to be one to let a postscript printer like this one to
> > go to an early grave I snagged it and started nursing it back to health.
> > This particular model can be interfaced to either a localtalk port or
> > serial port (9600, 7N1, hardware or software).  After spending some time
> > working with the printer-HOWTO and 'man stty' and tweaking various
> > settings I got it to print via the serial port.  However, when the page
> > finishes printing the port on the printer doesn't close -- the print light
> > blinks as if its still recieving data.  The serial port on the box does
> > close as soon as data stops flowing.  I'm willing to spend some more time
> > working with the serial side (I know it works since I hooked it up to a
> > windoze box and got it to work fine) but if I can't get it to go I'll have
> > to go the Netatalk route.  Only problem with this is I've looked in bunch
> > of places and can't find a localtalk-to-ethernet transceiver (or a
> > localtalk-to-anything transceiver, for that matter).   Does anyone have
> > any ideas regarding either the serial port setup or where to find some
> > kind of localtalk converter?
> > 
> > TIA,
> > -- 
> > Jim Raney
> > 
> > "I poured spot remover on my dog.  Now he's gone."	--Steven Wright
> > 	
> > "At no time is freedom of speech more precious than when a man hits his
> > thumb with a hammer."    			-- Marshall Lumsden
> > 
> > 
> > 
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