[l008com]

I got an Asantetalk device to connect, according to the box, local talk printers and netowkrs. Well it doesn't work. (it connects to the ethernet port by the way) You have to choose a port in teh driver but the only ports to choose are modem or printer, which this computer has nither of. I have deduced that the problem is this is a serial printer but not a lcoaltalk printer, this device works with printers than can be placed on local talk netowrks and by shared by default, but this printer can only be directed to A single mac, and what I need is a Serial->USB device??? Can anyone verify this???

[Herr Newton]

Originally posted by l008com:
<STRONG>I got an Asantetalk device to connect, according to the box, local talk printers and netowkrs. Well it doesn't work. (it connects to the ethernet port by the way) You have to choose a port in teh driver but the only ports to choose are modem or printer, which this computer has nither of. I have deduced that the problem is this is a serial printer but not a lcoaltalk printer, this device works with printers than can be placed on local talk netowrks and by shared by default, but this printer can only be directed to A single mac, and what I need is a Serial-&gt;USB device??? Can anyone verify this???</STRONG>

Exactly. Serial --&gt; USB.

[finboy]

If the printer has a serial port (9-pin), you need a Keyspan Twin serial to USB adapter. That one supports Quickdraw serial printers, many of them don't. It doesn't support Appletalk.

If the printer has an ethernet port, then you don't need anything. You probably need to use the printer utility to set it up on localtalk, but that's about it.

[WDL]

Replied to you in the iMac thread.

WDL