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From: seltzer@cadnetix.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: MAC --> Laserwriter via Async comm
Message-ID: <590@cadnetix.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 6-May-87 18:55:45 EDT
Article-I.D.: cadnetix.590
Posted: Wed May  6 18:55:45 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 8-May-87 05:47:23 EDT
Organization: Cadnetix Corp., Boulder, CO
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Excuse me if this has been discussed before, but I haven't been reading
news for a while...

I'd like to be able to share a LaserWriter (actually a PSJet+) between a
unix system and *one* Mac.  I'm tired of disabling the unix printer spooler and
flipping the switch on the printer to switch from async. comm to AppleTalk.

I know that the printer (when in async comm mode) can use *both* the 
9-pin and the 25-pin ports and alternates between them, sending XOFF to
the port that has to wait.  

But how can I convince the Mac to use async comm instead of AppleTalk to
the printer via async?

I know about the Apple-F key to generate a local PostScript file (sans
PostScript macros...).   That may be one way, although I'd prefer to make the
change from AppleTalk to be more transparent and painless.

Any ideas?
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Wayne Seltzer
Cadnetix Corp.
Boulder, CO 80301

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