[NTLK] Appletalk print queue

From: SuerthP_at_andersonnews.com
Date: Wed Oct 30 2002 - 11:34:14 EST


i bought a dayna etherprint 10 on ebay for 40$ and hooked it to my
laserwriter( from the inaugural year of clintonicity, 1992) and OS X 10.2.1
as well as newton via ethernet (wired not wireless) can both print to it..

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Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 20:46:49 -0500
From: "Eric L. Strobel" <fyzycyst_at_comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [NTLK] Appletalk print queue

somewhere near the temporal coordinates of 10/29/02 8:03 PM, the entity
known as Jeremy Bond Shepherd transmitted the following from
jbond_at_jameswhale.com:

> I've heard various vague references to the ability to "export" a
simulated
> Appletalk print queue from a Windows or Unix box that will receive a
print
> job via Appletalk and then bridge the job to an IP (or serial or parallel
I
> suppose) connected printer.

It's been a long time since I knew any details, but have you heard of
'Netatalk'? Try googling for it, IIRC it was sorta like having an
AppleShare Server on your UN*X box.

> Does this ring any bells? Has anybody accomplished this? I have
> Windows-networked laser printers at the office, and at home I have an
> inkjet connected to my OSX Mac via USB. I can reach neither from my
Newton
> over Ethernet.

I'm guessing then that AppleTalk Bridge (or whatever its called) doesn't
work under Classic?

- Eric.

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