lee@hhb.UUCP (lee daniels) (02/16/88)
Recently I downloaded Apple's Async LaserWriter driver from Compuserve that is supposed to allow printing to a LaserWriter that is connected to a Mac serial port either directly or indirectly through a modem. I have not been able to get it to work. I have tried installing the driver and the ACL files onto the system that came with my SE and also into the current multifinder version of the system, with identical results. When I try to print, I get a dialog telling me that the system is looking for my LaserWriter, followed a moment later with a dialog telling me that it can not Open the LaserWriter. I am trying this with a direct printer cable from the mac to the printer. I know that my communication is good because I have used interactive mode on the printer. One thing that I do not understand is a field asking for "Connect Via" in the chooser dialog that allows for configuration of the communication parameters for the connection. I have tried specifying just about everything in that field including Direct and Direct.ACL. I have tried printing from Word 3.0, MacWrite, MacDraw, MacPaint and the Finder with no success. I need help!! Has anyone else tried to use this driver and if so how did you get it to work if you did. Thanks in advance for any information you can give me. Lee Daniels HHB Systems 1000 Wyckoff Avenue Mahwah, N.J. 07446 Net address: uunet!philabs!hhb!lee or uunet!princeton!hhb!lee