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From: MacUserLabs@cup.portal.com (Stephan - Somogyi)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk,comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Apple LaserWriter and EtherTalk
Message-ID: <20842@cup.portal.com>
Date: 29 Jul 89 19:17:54 GMT
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whna@cgch.UUCP (Heinz Naef) asks about LaserWriters and Ethernet:

> 3 - Ethernet -- (EtherTalk) LaserWriter

Doesn't work because you cannot retrofit a LW with Ethernet and
EtherTalk.

> 4 - Ethernet -- (EtherTalk) EtherSC/Nodem/.. (SCSI) -- (SCSI?) LaserWriter

Although the LW IISC has a SCSI port, the printer doesn't have
PostScript and cannot be retrofitted. It is a 300 dpi QuickDraw
printer that can't even be connected to LocalTalk.

> 5 - Ethernet -- (EtherTalk) Mac (Gateway Software?) (LocalTalk) -- LaserWriter
> ...
> could an old MacPlus act as a gateway between EtherTalk and LocalTalk
> to drive the LaserWriter? This might be the same Mac which is
> dedicated for the printer service in the net.

You might want to look at Infosphere's Liaison. Liaison will run in
the background on a Mac and provide routing and bridging capabilities.
Although I haven't tried it, running Liaison and a spooler such as
Apple's (whose official name currently escapes me) should work.

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Stephan Somogyi                 MacUserLabs@cup.portal.com
NetWorkShop Coordinator                    or
MacUser                      ...sun!cup.portal.com!MacUserLabs

Stay alert, trust no-one, keep your laser handy.

Any opinions expressed above are mine.