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From: scp@bpa.BELL-ATL.COM (Steve Parowski)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: MAC and HP Laser Jet
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Date: 1 Feb 90 12:27:57 GMT
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Thank you for your responses so far.  It looks like
I will not be able to use my HP LASERJET with my MAC

Now if I purchase an Apple Laser Printer can other 
non-Mac users use that laser printer?

Once again I will forward replies back to NET

>
>I am interested in purchasing a MAC IIcx and would like
>to tie it into my existing laserjet which is also connected to 
>a remote ATT 3B computer.
>
>Can I get a board in the Mac to work with the LaserJet
>will there be any problems?
>
>Is an AB switch the only other solution to the Multiple hosts
>on a single Laser printer?
>
>
>PLease send mail to me I  will forward this
>back to the NET in a Summary Form.
>
>Steve Parowski


Steve,

Could you please tell me what you find out?  I am having a similar problem,
see "token ring troubles".

I will mail you what I have found out later, you might want to check out
MacLan Connect from Miramar.  I think this is similar to Carbon Copy but
I am not shure yet.

Alex Jauch
UCI, AdCom
ajauch@bonnie.ics.uci.edu


I think Hewlett Packard makes some kind of attachment for the printer,
not the Mac, that will let them communicate.  However, the LaserJet, not
being a postscript machine, will not print in anything but the standard
block-format font for the Mac; no graphics or special font changes.
Other companies may make more elegant solutions, but I don't know of any.
Erik
adams.e@oxy.edu