laserwriter IINT, personal laserwriter and OSX

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laserwriter IINT, personal laserwriter and OSX

i'm a first time poster, so please excuse any redundancy.
would someone please tell me how to print using have 2 old printers:
Apple personal laserwriter NT
family number=M2000
marketing number=M0097LL/A
and a
Laserwriter IINT
Model M6000G mftg 3/89

thanks from sunny spain.

frank

Laserwriter IINT Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Posted on Feb 20, 2006 8:12 AM

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Answer 1

Feb 20, 2006 11:26 AM in response to slugrad

Both of these printers are Postscript level 1 and have the LocalTalk interface. To be able to use them in OS X you would need a LocalTalk to ethernet adapter (eg AsanteTalk) and the special Gimp printer driver. The LaserWriter IINT board could also be replaced with one from a LaserWriter IIg and an AAUI to 10baseT adapter which makes it compatible and very useable with OS X.

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Answer 2

Feb 22, 2006 10:07 PM in response to slugrad

slugrad,

OS X is not going to talk to the personal laserwriter. Adapting the NT to connect via ethernet is only half the battle. You still need a third party driver ( a unix patch) because Apple did not write PS X drivers for printers they consider obsolete. Someone may jump in and offer a site for the NT driver.

Jim

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Answer 3

Feb 23, 2006 6:15 PM in response to Appaloosa mac man

Linux printing/gimp print/cups has a driver that supports both:

http://www.linuxprinting.org/macosx/pslevel1/SupportedPrinters.html

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Feb 23, 2006 7:50 PM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

Thanx, Grant.

I guess it was just a matter of time before someone wrote a patch, even if it was just to 'gimp along.'

Jim

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slugrad Author

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Feb 24, 2006 2:22 AM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

thanks grant. i linked to the site and see the specs but madre mia what do i do with them now? i've got an asante hardware, will look at it tonight and send the exact specs along. we used it previously with a pb170 and the laserwriter, which worked ok till we started getting pastscript errors. here in spain, folks don't seem to know much about macs, even the authorized sellers. i get the feeling everyone wnats to sell new machines, instead of using what already works. frank

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Answer 6

Feb 24, 2006 5:03 AM in response to slugrad

This page on the same Web site tells what to install and how to install for your PosrScript level 1 printers:

http://www.linuxprinting.org/macosx/pslevel1/

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inkpot

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Mar 4, 2006 8:36 AM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

As I'm trying to solve the same problem, I'm very curious if that will be possible.I have the AsantéTalk connected. I tried the whole line of procedures as outlined in this forum. I installed' espgs-7.07.1.ppc.dmg' and 'pslevel1-foomatic-1.1.ppc.dmg'
My computer 'sees' my printer, or my driver:"Apple Laserwrier IINT, Foomatic + Postscript, but it stops the printing job.
I would be very pleased if this coul be solved.

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