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From: yahnke@vms.macc.wisc.edu (Ross Yahnke, MACC)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re: AppleTalk'ed Hi-Vol Printers
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Date: 13 Oct 89 20:57:22 GMT
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|In article <2536@dogie.macc.wisc.edu> yahnke@vms.macc.wisc.edu (Ross Yahnke,
|>I'm currently looking at an Epson DFX-5000, a hi-vol parallel port'ed
|>dot matrix, but I sure can't figure out how I'd turn it into an
|>AppleTalk based printer...
| 
|  You experience personally, but Shiva sells a NetSerial box that is
|supposed to allow access to serial ports from AppleTalk.  I'm not sure

I called Shiva, the product is a 'TeleNet' box that retails for $399.
It'll interface to the serial port of my Epson DFX-5000 and supposedly
allow me to see it in the Chooser as an AppleTalk ImageWriter. I guess.

If it works, this is just what I'm looking for. Thanks much!

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