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- From: ferch@ucs.ubc.ca (Les Ferch)
- Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
- Subject: Re: Laser Writer Serial port Printer Drivers in an ethernet enviornment
- Date: 11 Nov 92 05:08:29 GMT
- Organization: The University of British Columbia
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- > I am looking for an Apple Laser Writer Driver for Mac System 7
- > Currently I am connected to an ethernet network and the printer
- > driver I have redirects itself to printers on the network. I would like
- > to connect a local Laser Writer printer - this means the the printer
- > driver can not use Apple Talk/Local Talk as this is disabled when
- > the Ethernet is operating.
-
- You can have EtherTalk active and access LocalTalk devices if you install
- either a software router (Apple Internet Router or Liasson) or a software
- bridge (EtherBridge from Sonic Systems). The bridge approach requires less
- overhead, so it will not slow your Mac down as much as a router.
-
- > Does any one know of a serial port driver or something like that.
-
- That is a reasonable way of dealing with the problem if you are the only
- user of the printer. You need the following files, available from
- sumex.stanford.edu:
-
- info-mac/util/dmm-lw-56-stuff-131.hqx
- info-mac/util/dmm-lw-7-stuff-131.hqx
-
- Here is the EtherBridge info:
-
- I saw the following software-only solutions, for bridging Ethernet and
- LocalTalk, at the Mactivity conference in July. LaserBridge should do what
- you want. In the following, "Show" refers to the Mactivity show price.
-
- EtherBridge Series from Sonic Systems
-
- Product Description Retail Show
-
- LaserBridge Allows up to 5 LocalTalk printers to be $199 $100
- shared on Ethernet
-
- PowerBridge Allows any Mac to be connected to Ethernet 149 75
-
- SuperBridge Allows up to 5 Macs and/or LocalTalk 249 125
- printers to be connected to Ethernet
-
- Sonic Systems
- 333 W. El Camino Real #280
- Sunnyvale, CA 94087
- Tel: 408-736-1900
- Fax: 408-736-7228
-
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