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  • 10.4 and LaserWriter 4/600 PS

    From Wingless Gulls@tony@light-spaces.co.uk to comp.sys.mac.system on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 06:39:07
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    Here's a tester and requires last century techno help!

    I have a G5 and a trusty old LaserWriter 4/600 which worked perfectly
    on 10.2 but cannot get it to show on 10.4

    Because the original interconnect was a round 8 pin, it is converted to Ethernet with an AsanteTalk bridge

    According to Apple website the driver is available on 10.4 but with
    Appletalk active the printer refuses to be recognised. I am assuming
    of course that AppleTalk should be active and set to Local talk

    Anyone old enough to remember this printer and might know what to do?

    Thanks

    Tony

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  • From BreadWithSpam@BreadWithSpam@fractious.net to comp.sys.mac.system on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 11:32:30
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    "Wingless Gulls" <tony@light-spaces.co.uk> writes:

    I have a G5 and a trusty old LaserWriter 4/600 which worked perfectly
    on 10.2 but cannot get it to show on 10.4

    Mine works fine with an AsanteTalk and both my old powerbook
    and my new intel iMac under 1.4.x.

    According to Apple website the driver is available on 10.4 but with
    Appletalk active the printer refuses to be recognised. I am assuming
    of course that AppleTalk should be active and set to Local talk

    I've got the AsanteTalk plugged into my router and simply
    went to the ethernet Pref pane under 10.4 and told it to
    make AppleTalk active. Voila. Nothing to it and, basically,
    no different than under earlier 10.x OSs. Actually, easier -
    I had a hell of a time (had to resort to some command line
    tools) to get it recognized under 10.1, IIRC.

    I can't tell you what's wrong with your setup, but I can
    tell you that it can be made to work.

    It's actually a pretty good printer. Annoying with the
    AppleTalk business and the tiny paper capacity, but it's
    basically a very solid and reliable printer.

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  • From georg.schwarz@georg.schwarz@freenet.de (Georg Schwarz) to comp.sys.mac.system on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 18:38:06
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    Wingless Gulls <tony@light-spaces.co.uk> wrote:

    I have a G5 and a trusty old LaserWriter 4/600 which worked perfectly
    on 10.2 but cannot get it to show on 10.4

    I've got the same model here, and it works fine with 10.4.6 as with
    previous versions.

    Because the original interconnect was a round 8 pin, it is converted to Ethernet with an AsanteTalk bridge

    did the same thing. It is automatically found by the Print Center.


    According to Apple website the driver is available on 10.4 but with
    Appletalk active the printer refuses to be recognised. I am assuming
    of course that AppleTalk should be active and set to Local talk

    where do you set that? You'll have to use Ethertalk, and I don't think
    Mac OS X can do anything but that anyway.


    Anyone old enough to remember this printer and might know what to do?

    As I said, I am using the same setup.
    My Asanté Print Box has BNC (10Base2) only, and that is what I'm using.
    Also, be sure that the printer box in in the same L2 segment (same
    broadcast domain) as the Mac, i.e. no routers in between, only switches
    and hubs are allowed. The box does not speak IP.
    I've heard that boxes with TP ethernet ports do not like anything but
    fixed 10baseT.
    Finally, I need to make sure the box is only powered up one the attached printer is already up and running. Otherwise it does not work.
    It can take a few instances for the Mac to find the printer.


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  • From The New OS X Guy@Guy@com.org.gov.net.invalid to comp.sys.mac.system on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 18:49:31
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    In article <1144762747.890364.262460@v46g2000cwv.googlegroups.com>,
    "Wingless Gulls" <tony@light-spaces.co.uk> wrote:

    Anyone old enough to remember this printer and might know what to do?

    Works fine here. Mac OSX 10.4.6 and LW 4/600PS.

    --
    The New OS X Guy <Guy@com.org.gov.net.invalid>

    Churchill's Commentary: Man will occasionally stumble over the truth,
    but most of the time he will pick himself up and continue on.
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  • From Steve Hix@sehix@NOSPAMspeakeasy.netINVALID to comp.sys.mac.system on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 18:38:45
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    In article <1144762747.890364.262460@v46g2000cwv.googlegroups.com>,
    "Wingless Gulls" <tony@light-spaces.co.uk> wrote:

    Here's a tester and requires last century techno help!

    I have a G5 and a trusty old LaserWriter 4/600 which worked perfectly
    on 10.2 but cannot get it to show on 10.4

    Because the original interconnect was a round 8 pin, it is converted to Ethernet with an AsanteTalk bridge

    According to Apple website the driver is available on 10.4 but with
    Appletalk active the printer refuses to be recognised. I am assuming
    of course that AppleTalk should be active and set to Local talk

    Anyone old enough to remember this printer and might know what to do?

    Until about three months ago, that was the printer we used on our
    wireless LAN at home. The only difference being that instead of the
    AsanteTalk box, we used a Farallon iPrint bridge. And we've been running 10.4.x since it was released, whenever that was.

    We used to have an AsanteTalk, but found it to be troublesome, requiring restarting the whole wireless network to see the printer a couple times
    each week. Try powering off your cable/DSL modem, 802.11 router, and the AsanteTalk, then power them up in sequence and see if things work.

    You might want to verify that nothing has gotten into the LaserWriter's connector, ours was starting to degrade, and some bits of plastic
    clogged some of the socket's holes. After cleaning out, and being very
    careful while reconnecting the LocalTalk transceiver, the problem stayed fixed.

    Good luck. It's an old printer, and slow, but the output can be nice.
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  • From fmmck@fmmck@aol.com (Fred McKenzie) to comp.sys.mac.system on Wednesday, April 12, 2006 20:49:50
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    In article <1144762747.890364.262460@v46g2000cwv.googlegroups.com>,
    "Wingless Gulls" <tony@light-spaces.co.uk> wrote:

    I have a G5 and a trusty old LaserWriter 4/600 which worked perfectly
    on 10.2 but cannot get it to show on 10.4

    Tony-

    Something changed.

    I have a different printer, but am printing via AppleTalk from two 10.4.6 machines wirelessly. The printer just shows up in the ADD window of the Printer Setup Utility, both as an AppleTalk printer and as a Bonjour
    printer. (However, the Bonjour might be related to mine having an IP
    address as well.)

    The only problem I've had with Appletalk, was when using a router that
    didn't pass AppleTalk. Have you changed anything with your configuration
    since the printer worked under 10.2? Added a Wired or Wireless Router
    perhaps?

    If you changed from dial-up to high-speed internet, your ISP might have supplied a router that doesn't pass Appletalk.

    Fred
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