Re: [MAGNet] bringing life into old mac printer

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From: Mikael Hansen (mikaelh@uclink.berkeley.edu)
Date: Wed Feb 28 2001 - 16:07:45 PST


At 15:38 -0800 02/28/2001, Eric Fong wrote:

>We have an old PowerMac 7200/120 running 8.5 and just got a hold of
>a LaserWriter 4/600 PS printer (without any installation disk, of
>course.) It's been so long since I've had to do this, so I've
>forgotten how to set it up. I tried downloading Apple Printer
>Utility 2.2 and Laserwriter 8.6.1, but they didn't seem to help.
>Does anyone have the disks for this printer or have a suggestion on
>what to do to set it up? The chooser, of course doesn't show it,
>only the existing printers in the Appletalk zone.

I'd LocalTalk the printer to the Mac's printer port and install
LaserWriter Bridge 2.1, although somewhat unreliable on Mac OS later
than 8.1.

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