Question about connecting a LaserWriter 4/600 PS to a PowerBook

tomdkat

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A friend has a G3-based PowerBook and is having problems with the localtalk connection. When she plugs the printer directly into the localtalk port in her PowerBook, the machine hangs or crashes (not sure which). She does have a USB hub connected to her PowerBook that works fine (there is a Minolta digital camera connected to it).

Is it possible to connect the LaserWriter 4 via USB to her USB hub? I don't know if localtalk is the only connection that printer supports.

Thanks!

Peace...
 
ra3ndy said:
What Mac OS is your friend using?
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Sorry for not posting that early. Brain-fart. :)

She's running OS 9.2.2, I think.

EDIT: Thanks for the link, MisterMe! :)

Peace...
 
Do you have the ability to test this Laserwriter on any other machine? I ask to verify whether or not the Laserwriter itself still works.

Reserach shows that the LW 4/600PS is Appletalk capable as well, which means it should work with OS X for testing purposes.
 
Although it might not seem like the _smartest_ solution, I guess a new cheap laser printer is, well, cheap, gives better and faster results and is far less trouble than those old 4/600s...
 
ra3ndy said:
Do you have the ability to test this Laserwriter on any other machine? I ask to verify whether or not the Laserwriter itself still works.
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Great idea but I'm not sure how feasible this is. She claims the printer worked fine, until someone else installed the USB hub and digital camera. I'm not 100% sure drivers are even installed but when she plugs the localtalk cable directly into her PowerBook, the machine hangs or crashes.

Reserach shows that the LW 4/600PS is Appletalk capable as well, which means it should work with OS X for testing purposes.
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Cool. :) During my research, I found a Farallon EtherMac iPrint Adapter which I'm thinking might work, but I'm not 100% in how to get it connected. I presume I plug the localtalk cable from the printer into the Farallon adapter and then an Ethernet cable from the Powerbook into the Farallon adapter directly or into a router, where I would plug both the PowerBook and the printer. Is this correct?

fryke said:
Although it might not seem like the _smartest_ solution, I guess a new cheap laser printer is, well, cheap, gives better and faster results and is far less trouble than those old 4/600s...
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I've mentioned replacing the printer with a newer one but she wants to keep this "workhorse". :)

Peace...
 
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