Hi! At school my Personal LaserWriter NTR needs repair, but I was able to pick-up a Color Stylewriter 4500. However, I can´t get the iMac to recognize the StyleWriter. Also have a widget to use modem line. It has 2 phone jacks. One is for connecting to the modem and the other has a terminal loop jack,of some sort, plugged in. The opposite end has serial connector. Tried that but neither of the 2 LED lights comes on. Also, tried going through an Assante talk setup I used for the laserprinter, but no luck. Downloaded drivers froim Apple site, too. Ihave an iMac 350 blueberry running OS 9.1. Please help.

[Paul S]

You may want to try a USB-Serial adapter like the Keyspan Twin Serial Adapter. It works with the SW 4500 (as long as you download the latest print drivers from Apple). It usually goes for around $69-$79.

My other thought is that you are connecting the AsanteTalk to the computer with a regular ethernet cable, not a crossover cable. That may be your problem.

Thanks. I have a crossover cable. I´m wondering if there are alternative drivers that I might try. I´ve heard that the 4500 has problems with OS 9. Regarding the keyspan solution, I was hoping that I didn´t have to spend that kind of money to get it to work. Anybody been successful with this setup?