ts@author.ecn.purdue.edu (Thomas Ruschak) (06/29/90)
A friend want to use an HP Laserjet with his Mac SE. Is this possible? If
so, what sort of cabling/programs/hardware would be needed? All responses will
be much appreciated, especially if they are quick!
Thomas Ruschak
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--- MoriartyFabian@cup.portal.com (Fabian Fabe Ramirez) (06/30/90)
Thomas, Yes...any one of the HP LaserJet series can be used on a Mac. You'll either need to use a HP or third party (GDT Softworks or Insight Development) peripheral or driver software. Fabian Ramirez SuperMac Technology fabian@cup.portal.com sun!cup.portal.com!fabian
John.Starta@p90.f15.n114.z1.fidonet.org (John Starta) (07/01/90)
In article <1990Jun28.201830.17529@ecn.purdue.edu> ts@author.ecn.purdue.edu (Thomas Ruschak) writes: > A friend want to use an HP Laserjet with his Mac SE. Is this possible? > If so, what sort of cabling/programs/hardware would be needed? Yes, it is possible. Your friend has two choices for driver software: the MacPrint driver (can't find the publisher name right now, sorry) or the JetLink Express driver (GDT Softworks). Both drivers work with the HP LaserJet and come with the appropriate serial cabling, so it is a matter of which you like best. MacUser did a review of the two earlier this year, so you might check back uses to see which came out the "winner". John PATH: 1012/90 -- Uucp: ...{gatech,ames,rutgers}!ncar!asuvax!stjhmc!15.90!John.Starta Internet: John.Starta@p90.f15.n114.z1.fidonet.org
RSBONDI@pucc.Princeton.EDU (Richard S. Bondi) (07/02/90)
In article <21567.268D405F@stjhmc.fidonet.org>, John.Starta@p90.f15.n114.z1.fidonet.org (John Starta) writes: >In article <1990Jun28.201830.17529@ecn.purdue.edu> ts@author.ecn.purdue.edu >(Thomas Ruschak) writes: > >> A friend want to use an HP Laserjet with his Mac SE. Is this possible? >> If so, what sort of cabling/programs/hardware would be needed? > >Yes, it is possible. Your friend has two choices for driver software: the >MacPrint driver (can't find the publisher name right now, sorry) or the JetLink >Express driver (GDT Softworks). > >Both drivers work with the HP LaserJet and come with the appropriate serial >cabling, so it is a matter of which you like best. MacUser did a review of the Mac Print does NOT work with the HP Laserjet, only with the HP Laserjet+ and later Laserwriters; I found this out the hard way. JetLink Express also has a catch-22. If you want to use their much touted outline fonts for Laserquality, Laserwriterlike fonts on your HP, realize now that you can only print about 5 1/2 lines of text using them: the HP Laserjet doesn't have memory for more than that. In other words, those fonts are only useful on an HP Laserjet+ (512K memory, I think) or above. Apart from that, if you are willing to print only in Courier, JetLink Express is works fine. (Any other fonts come out as if they were printed on an imagewriter, and not all lines of text will be printed on one page due to lack of printer memory.)