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From: latzko@andromeda.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.apple,comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: Hooking up a Laserwriter to a PC or a 3B2?
Message-ID: <348@andromeda.RUTGERS.EDU>
Date: Thu, 23-Apr-87 15:08:24 EST
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Posted: Thu Apr 23 15:08:24 1987
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References: <199@houxj.UUCP> <151@hubcap.UUCP>
Reply-To: latzko@andromeda.UUCP (Alex Latzko)
Organization: Rutgers University, Newark, NJ
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In article <151@hubcap.UUCP> mbrown@hubcap.UUCP (Mike Brown) writes:
>I am not sure about the hardware to hook up a Laserwriter (I think that
>it is an RS232 interface), but the Laserwriter is driven by postscript,
>-- 
>Mike Brown			Department of Computer Science
>..gatech!hubcap!mbrown		Clemson University
>				Clemson SC 29634-1906
>				(803) 656-2838

I have been running an Apple laserwriter from a 3b2/400 and love it.  The
output is simply beautiful.

The way to do it is as follows:
get an ATT 232-21-25-010 adapter and the correct length of cable
to go to the printer.

get an apple laser writer plus ( costs more but worth it)
call Adobe and buy a copy of Transscript ( $? ).  Transscript comes as 
either source or binaries for a 3b2.

Install transcript on the 3b2.  It takes about 40 minutes to make on a 
400 w/ 3meg and a 72meg disk.

plug the printer in to a serial port on the 3b2 and set the switch on the
laserwriter at 9600.

execute the mkprinter program which comes w/ transcript.

print and enjoy.

/S*
latzko@topaz.rutgers.edu
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