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From: sbb@esquire.UUCP (Stephen B. Baumgarten)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Macplus to Laser writer no Apple talk.
Message-ID: <503@esquire.UUCP>
Date: 28 Jul 88 14:03:41 GMT
References: <290@cmv.dsir.govt.nz> <1655@uokmax.UUCP>
Reply-To: sbb@esquire.UUCP (Stephen B. Baumgarten)
Organization: DP&W, New York, NY
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In article <1655@uokmax.UUCP> blknowle@uokmax.UUCP (Bradford L Knowles) writes:
>In article <290@cmv.dsir.govt.nz> srchbgm@cmv.dsir.govt.nz writes:
>>HI, has anyone out there attached a Lazer writer directly to the printer
>>port of their MAC Plus? I do not wish to purchase the APPLE Talk hardware
>>but instead connect directly to the printer.
>
>> [stuff deleted about "if I can do this, what more info do I need..."]
>
>Bruce, as far as I know, there is no way you can do this feasibly.

APDA offers the "Asynch LaserWriter Driver", which I believe will do what
you want (i.e., hang the LaserWriter off the printer/serial port as if
it were an Imagewriter).  Whether it is completely compatible with stuff
like PageMaker (that has its own prep file) is not clear.  Also whether
Apple will support it more than 6 months into the future.  But it might
be worth finding out about.

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