Re: ethernet for laserwriter select 360

[Rory Campbell-Lange <rory@campbell-lange.net>]

On 30/01/02, Charles Sebold (csebold@livingtorah.org) wrote:
> On 17 Shevat 5762, Michael D. Crawford wrote:
> 
> > Does anyone know where I can get the ethernet adapter for a
> > laserwriter select 360?  I don't think they're made anymore.
> 
> There are a few sites around the web that will walk you through
> setting it up so that LPR prints to it using pap too.

I print pretty successfully to an HP laserjet 2100 (1200dpi!) using pap.
The 2100 does not have ethernet - it is connected through an asante
"AsanteTalk" localtalk to ethernet converter.

Instead of going through the lpr setup, it is possible to simply issue a
command something like this to send a postscript file to the laser
printer:

    pap myfile.ps -p "My laser writer"

Where the name of the printer is the apple talk printer name, as
reported by the nbplkup program. (I think it is a -p option; I'm not at
a netatalk-enabled machine at the moment.)

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Rory Campbell-Lange 
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