andrew@jhereg.osa.com (Andrew C. Esh) (06/06/91)
I am looking for something that will allow Unix machines on an ethernet to send Postscript to be printed by a LaserWriter. The printer will be connected to Appletalk. Solutions would be a software package running on a Macintosh which will receive TCP/IP or other standard net print traffic from Ethernet, and spool and route it to the LaserWriter. Another solution would be a box which essentially does the same. I need to try to keep the cost under $1000. Any ideas? -- Andrew C. Esh andrew@osa.com Open Systems Architects, Inc. Mpls, MN 55416-1528 Punch down, turn around, do a little crimpin' (612) 525-0000 Punch down, turn around, plug it in and go ...
mikes@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (Michael Squires) (06/06/91)
In article <1991Jun5.171819.2629@jhereg.osa.com> andrew@jhereg.osa.com (Andrew C. Esh) writes: > > I am looking for something that will allow Unix machines on an >ethernet to send Postscript to be printed by a LaserWriter. The printer >will be connected to Appletalk. I believe that the standard solution is to connect the LaserWriter to the Sun and run CAP 6.0 on the Sun. The printer would be connected using a serial link. As the software is ftp'able the cost is entirely in sysadmin time. Another solution is to buy a QMS 410 or 810 printer which supports simultaneous connections via AppleTalk, parallel, and serial ports and switches between PostScript/LJ II emulation on a file-by-file basis. The 410 seems to have some trouble with its AppleTalk port but not the 810. -- Mike Squires (mikes@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu) 812 855 3974 (w) 812 333 6564 (h) mikes@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu 546 N Park Ridge Rd., Bloomington, IN 47408 Under construction: mikes@sir-alan.cica.indiana.edu
despond@sicsun.epfl.ch (Yves Despond EPFL-SIC/STI) (06/06/91)
You can use one of the 3 next : 1. A GatorBox (from cayman) with the GatorPrint software. 2. A SUN with TOPS 3. A VAX with DEC-Pathwork Yves Despond Swiss Federal Insitute of Technology Lausanne Switzerland
alex@grian.cps.altadena.ca.us (Alex Pournelle) (06/07/91)
Michael Squires <mikes@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> writes: >In article <1991Jun5.171819.2629@jhereg.osa.com> andrew@jhereg.osa.com (Andrew C. Esh) writes: >> >> I am looking for something that will allow Unix machines on an >>ethernet to send Postscript to be printed by a LaserWriter. The printer >>will be connected to Appletalk. >Another solution is to buy a QMS 410 or 810 printer which supports >simultaneous connections via AppleTalk, parallel, and serial ports and >switches between PostScript/LJ II emulation on a file-by-file basis. The >410 seems to have some trouble with its AppleTalk port but not the 810. Make sure you get the latest revision of the ROMs for the 410--there are known problems with the older ROMs in it. (this can even be true of printer under 2 months old--like my roommate's.) Alex -- Alex Pournelle, freelance thinker Also: Workman & Associates, Data recovery for PCs, Macs, others ...elroy!grian!alex; BIX: alex; voice: (818) 791-7979 fax: (818) 794-2297 bbs: 791-1013; 8N1 24/12/3 BIX: alex
sob@isr.harvard.edu (Scott Bradner) (06/08/91)
Another way to do the lpd spooling to a AppleTalk connected LaserWriter is to use Mach-10 (Tenon's Mach unix on mac-os). I have just installed it on a mac that has an Ethernet interface & is on an AppleTalk network with a LaserWriter. The Mac will act as a lpd spool for the files and then use the AppleTalk net to send them to the LaserWriter. (I have no connection to Tenon, other than (so far) this seems like a good package) Scott