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Apple LaserWriter 300 -- supported?
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Admin Emeritus  Join Date: Nov 2000
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I have an old serial-based Apple LaserWriter 300 that still works remarkably well. Does anyone happen to know whether it'll work in X with a serial-to-USB adapter or whether I'll have to shell out for a new laser printer?
thx.
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"Do not be too positive about things. You may be in error." (C. F. Lawlor, The Mixicologist)
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Join Date: Jan 2001
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Originally posted by gorgonzola:
<STRONG>I have an old serial-based Apple LaserWriter 300 that still works remarkably well. Does anyone happen to know whether it'll work in X with a serial-to-USB adapter or whether I'll have to shell out for a new laser printer?
thx.</STRONG>
It might be wrong, but I saw a thread somewhere that the LaserWriter 300 uses a different printing language (QuickDraw) and different communications, and hence is not supported.
Too bad, I wish there is a way around this. I love my 300...
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Join Date: Sep 2001
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Unfortunately, no way under OSX now.
Neither DIRECTLY under Classic.
And probably never.
Might be possible anyway under Classic : connect the PLW300 to another (old) Mac with ethernet and share the printer.
Go under Classic and select the shared printer in the Chooser.
Save your file as PDF under X, and open it under Classic to print.
I know it's ugly ...
I personaly will give the PLW300 to my parents (instead of their Stylewriter II with 8500/120) and find a Postscript level 2 Laserwriter in secondhand.
Philippe
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Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Tasmania, Australia
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Originally posted by belgica:
<STRONG>Unfortunately, no way under OSX now.
Neither DIRECTLY under Classic.
And probably never.
</STRONG>
Well, I have set up a client using a Personal Laser Writer LS (predecessor to the 300) which uses the same driver (LaserWriter 300/LS). It works fine under Classic in OS X through a MiniDock USB/serial adapter.
I've been racking my brain trying to find a way to print to it directly using OS X. Theoretically, should be able to share it from Classic, but still need a driver to see it on the network in OS X and print to it.
There is also a freeware "bridge" driver which will allow you to print postscript (instead of quickdraw) to the LW 300. But that didn't help me either, because it doesn't printer-share.
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