--- John Niven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >OK, Windows 2000 has a LaserWriter IIg driver > >included. When you went through the Add Printer > >dialog, did you try creating it as a local printer > >then click Create New Port and select AppleTalk > >Printing Devices? That'll search for the printer > >via Apple/LocalTalk. > > Gregg, > > OK I didn't try that! I assumed that I'd be dealing > with a network printer, not a local printer. > > So I tried it and it works :-)
Well, it _is_ a network printer, but not quite, according to AppleTalk/LocalTalk. ;) The printer is connected directly to the network, which is directly connected to the PC. What's in between is largely irrelvant as far as that protocol is concerned, at least in how it presents things to the users. If the printer was connected to another computer via a serial or parallel port then shared, then it'd be considered a network printer with the Apple protocol, or any other protocol. 'Course then for the printer to be used by other computers on the network, the computer it's connected locally to must always be running. (And if the computer is a Mac running OS 9.2.2 or older the printer must have PostScript and either the Mac must be running software like DAVE or the PC(s) have to run software like PC MacLAN. Same for a PC connected shared printer when you want to use it with Macs running 9.2.2 or older.) Nice that the Linux~Windows printer and other networking stuff ported easily to OSX, eh? :) With other protocols the only printers considered local to a computer are ones directly connected to it via serial, parallel, USB or any port on the computer that's NOT a network port. ===== It's total Fandemonium! http://www.fandemonium.org __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail is new and improved - Check it out! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail -- Mac-N-DOS is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac-N-DOS list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-n-dos.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-n-dos%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
