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From: bmug@garnet.berkeley.edu (BMUG)
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Subject: Re: Shared laser hanging off AppleShare server?
Message-ID: <1990Oct15.181228.2320@agate.berkeley.edu>
Date: 15 Oct 90 18:12:28 GMT
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In article <1990Oct15.172356.29359@shl.uucp> phil@shl.uucp (Phil Trubey) writes:
>The Subject pretty well says it all:  Can you attach a LaserWriter
>directly to an AppleShare server (either through serial, LocalTalk, SCSI?)
>and have it act as a shared printer for the EtherTalk network that all
>the AppleShare client machines and the AppleShare server itself are
>connected to?
>

Yes, if you use a product like Apple's Internet Router or Farallon's
Liason to convert your EtherTalk packets to LocalTalk packets.  Both of
them work quite well, and with Liason you get the added capability to
remotely access your local network over phone lines.
 
 An alternative would be to use Dayna's EtherPrint box to interface
 between your network and printer.  
  
  Which one you choose depends upon your religious convictions regarding
  hardware vs. software :-).
   
   John Heckendorn
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