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From: mir@opera.chorus.fr (Adam Mirowski)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Laserwriter access from a PC using Localtalk ??
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Date: 3 Dec 90 13:01:01 GMT
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Organization: Chorus systemes, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France
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You don't need TOPS at all, nor its specific high speed cards.

Just buy an AppleTalk PC card from Apple. It comes with utilities
permitting both printing text files (various presentation options)
and sending PostScript data produced by word-processors.

You can even make the LaserWriter look like LPT1 on the PC. You
will need the AppleShare PC product. As his name indicates it,
it will also enable you to access AppleShare disks transparently,
if you have an AppleShare file server on your AppleTalk network.
But net drivers eat a great amount of RAM (under 100 Kb).

If you adopt the first solution, you can install the network driver
just before printing and unload it afterwards. MARK/RELEASE will do
the job perfectly.

-- 
Adam Mirowski,  mir@chorus.fr (FRANCE),  tel. +33 (1) 30-64-82-00 or 74
Chorus systemes, 6, av.Gustave Eiffel, 78182 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines CEDEX


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