[conspire] Re: Personal LaserWriter NT?

[Ross Bernheim]

On Mar 3,  02006, at 7:39 AM, John N. Alegre wrote:

> Ross,
>
> Thank you for responding.  I have been out of it for a week.
> Ross Bernheim wrote:
>
>> The Personal Laser Writer NTR is a very nice printer. I am using one
>> with my dual G5. Yes, toner cartridges are still available for it. I
>> have an Ethernet to Appletalk bridge connecting the printer to the
>> Ethernet network and it just works as a networked postscritp printer.
>>
> Which Appletalk to Ethernet bridge are you using?

I am using a Farallon ethernet iPrint Adaptor. It is seamless from the
ethernet side and does the Appletalk translation.

> I have a hub with 4 static IP computers.  Would I just plug the  
> bridge into
> the hub to make all the computers see the Appletalk network?

Yes.

> One more question,  Right now the Personal Laser Writer NTR is  
> hooked to a
> old PowerPC 8200.  This machine was messed with such that I can not  
> get
> beyond OS 8.2.  Do you think it would be better to plug the  
> LaserWriter do
> the AppleTalk Ethernet bridge or should I bring in the 8200 too.  I  
> really
> dont need the 8200.

If you use the 8200, it has to be on and sharing the printer, if it  
can, to even allow
other machines to see the printer. With the Appletalk to ethernet  
bridge, only the
bridge and printer need to be on for any computer on your network to  
use it.

> Thanks for your help.
> john