Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!grian!alex From: alex@grian.cps.altadena.ca.us (Alex Pournelle) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans Subject: Re: NetPrint, Ether to LaserWriter? Keywords: Mac UNIX print Message-ID: <1991Jun7.002421.10875@grian.cps.altadena.ca.us> Date: 7 Jun 91 00:24:21 GMT References: <1991Jun5.171819.2629@jhereg.osa.com> <1991Jun5.141702.15095@news.cs.indiana.edu> Organization: College Park Software, Altadena, CA Lines: 23 Michael Squires writes: >In article <1991Jun5.171819.2629@jhereg.osa.com> andrew@jhereg.osa.com (Andrew C. Esh) writes: >> >> I am looking for something that will allow Unix machines on an >>ethernet to send Postscript to be printed by a LaserWriter. The printer >>will be connected to Appletalk. >Another solution is to buy a QMS 410 or 810 printer which supports >simultaneous connections via AppleTalk, parallel, and serial ports and >switches between PostScript/LJ II emulation on a file-by-file basis. The >410 seems to have some trouble with its AppleTalk port but not the 810. Make sure you get the latest revision of the ROMs for the 410--there are known problems with the older ROMs in it. (this can even be true of printer under 2 months old--like my roommate's.) Alex -- Alex Pournelle, freelance thinker Also: Workman & Associates, Data recovery for PCs, Macs, others ...elroy!grian!alex; BIX: alex; voice: (818) 791-7979 fax: (818) 794-2297 bbs: 791-1013; 8N1 24/12/3 BIX: alex