[rescue] Apple LaserWriter II* w/ Sol7

Al Potter apotter at spankingnuns.com
Mon Jul 1 19:23:27 CDT 2002


It has been a LONG (around 7 years) time, and it was a LW II NTX.

I remember having to so something to tell the printer to look for input on 
the DB25 rather than localtalk.  I can't honestly remember  if it was 
jumpers, or some software twiddle.


I'd look for dox on the printer on the net.


AL


> Has anyone managed to get a LaserWriter II
> series printer to work with a SPARC box
> running Solaris 7? I've had no luck so
> far, following the instructions in one
> of the O'Reilly admin books on how to add
> serial printers to Sys-V machines.
> 
> As a Postscript laser with a DB-25F RS-232
> connector, it should work, right?
> 
> I think I overlooked something in /etc - 
> It works fine hooked to a Mac with the Mini-DIN
> 8 Appletalk cable.
> 
> 
> ****
> Mike Hansen
> Was N7PGZ, but got my extra class ticket
> a couple of weeks ago.
> Now AC7UR. 
> 
> 
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