#LaserWriter Woes
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Does anybody know how to interface a LaserWriter printer to an Amiga 3000?
I have the serial port set up with the LaserWriter mode switch set to 9600
serial and have tried to send postscript files to SER: but nothing happens
(sometimes a visit from GURU). My serial preferences are 8N1 at 9600 baud
and I have tried the 3 handshaking options to no avail. I'd appreciate
some help if anybody knows how its done!
Thanks
Les Deck
Ensure you have a nul modem serial cable. If you don't, get a nul
modem adaptor. You can't print directly to it via a normal serial
cable.
btw, if you can justify it, an Appletalk board will make your printer
print much faster. We use appletalk boards on our Amiga's here, and
it's amazing how fast the printer will print with one installed.
Appletalk is much faster than serial.
Where are you getting the Appletalk boards?
I believe our Appletalk boards are from Progressive Peripherals. I
think they're called DoubleTalk. We had a different brand before that
didn't work very well. The DoubleTalk software is pretty old, but
generally works fine. Occasionally the last page of a multipage job
doesn't print, and you have to print it again manually, but I think
you'd find the speed increase worth it. And for us, there is no
other choice, since all our printers are on our network.
Hm, I think that won't do the rest of us any good. Isn't Progressive
out of business?
Oh, I wasn't aware that they were. I thought they had a fire and then
got back in business. If they're not around, then I think you're out
of luck because I don't think anybody else is making them.
(Commodore made nice networking software, but didn't put networking
hardware into the computers. Atari added Appletalk hardware to their
computers, but didn't write any software. Maybe we should get them
together sometime. 😉
Thanks for the null-modem tip, that works great.