Xref: utzoo comp.protocols.appletalk:5499 comp.sys.mac.hardware:9440 comp.periphs.printers:959 comp.lang.postscript:7946 comp.sys.novell:880 comp.sys.next:14269 Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!munnari.oz.au!metro!kwanon!raphael From: raphael@research.canon.oz.au (Andrew Raphael) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk,comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.periphs.printers,comp.lang.postscript,comp.sys.novell,comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Canon color laser copier PostScript interface networking Message-ID: <1991Mar15.003304.2693@research.canon.oz.au> Date: 15 Mar 91 00:33:04 GMT References: Distribution: comp Organization: Canon Information Systems Research Australia Lines: 27 In article crum@fcom.utah.edu (Gary Crum) writes: > Hi. G'day. > Does anyone know if the PostScript interface for the Canon color > laser copier includes some sort of AppleTalk support, like a > LocalTalk or EtherTalk interface? Any experience using it (the > PostScript interface) out there? Yes, the PostScript IPU at least has a LocalTalk interface. We plugged it into our LocalTalk network and it worked straight away. Very nice pretty pictures. > Also, if anyone has setup CAP papif to send to a Canon color > copier (assuming it DOES have a PostScript) interface, please let > me know -- e.g. on SiliconGraphics, Sun or NeXT computers. Yup, but this didn't work. I tried using tlw and it couldn't get a status out of the printer. They took the IPU away (it was a prototype) before I could finds the time and disk space to check the CAP sources. It's probably a simple fix. -- Andrew Raphael Golden lads and girls all must, as chimney sweepers, come to dust.