Q: How do use personal laserwriter printer with a G5
I have a G5 and a personal laserwiter printer that I would like to use with my system. Is there a way to hook this up to ethernet or USB?
POWER MAC G5, Mac OS X (10.4.11), Personal laserwriter Printer
Posted on Aug 19, 2008 2:05 PM
by Grant Bennet-Alder,Solvedanswer
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The Personal LaserWriter 320 is a Postscript level 2 printer, and its printing is directly supported by the LaserWriter drivers in Mac OS X.
The printer supports only AppleTalk/LocalTalk, an older protocol for sharing files and printers.
Your Mac supports AppleTalk-over-Ethernet for Printing through the current version of Mac OS X (and for File Sharing, but only through 10.3.9).
What is needed is a "Bridge" between the AppleTalk-over-Ethernet and AppleTalk/LocalTalk. This can be accomplished with either of two commercial stunt-boxes, or a software package that runs on an older beige Mac. The commercial boxes are the Farallon EtherMac iPrint LT (not its evil twin the LS) or the Asante AsanteTalk. Each provides an Ethernet port on one side and a LocalTalk port on the other side. Both are readily available on the used market for modest prices.
The printer supports only AppleTalk/LocalTalk, an older protocol for sharing files and printers.
Your Mac supports AppleTalk-over-Ethernet for Printing through the current version of Mac OS X (and for File Sharing, but only through 10.3.9).
What is needed is a "Bridge" between the AppleTalk-over-Ethernet and AppleTalk/LocalTalk. This can be accomplished with either of two commercial stunt-boxes, or a software package that runs on an older beige Mac. The commercial boxes are the Farallon EtherMac iPrint LT (not its evil twin the LS) or the Asante AsanteTalk. Each provides an Ethernet port on one side and a LocalTalk port on the other side. Both are readily available on the used market for modest prices.
Posted on Aug 20, 2008 7:56 AM