[comp.sys.mac.hardware] Help: Mac to LaserJet IIP connectivity

kulkarni@hpcuha.HP.COM (Sandeep Kulkarni) (07/13/90)

Please bear with me if this question has been discussed before on the net; I
am new to comp.sys.mac.hardware.

I have a Mac (IIci) and an HP Laserjet IIP printer.  The printer has 0.5M+2M
of memory, and I use a package called MacPrint to interface between the Mac
and the IIP.  Now here are my questions:

1.  The MacPrint utility, although limited in the number of non-Postscript
    fonts it supports, prints great.  But, even for a relatively small and
    uncomplicated document and despite Multifinder being turned on on my Mac,
    it takes a hell of a long time for my prompt to return after the print job
    has been scheduled.  Does anyone know if this is intrinsic to MacPrint?
    Does anyone know of a PrintCache-like utility (for the PCs) for the Macs
    which will let me in effect print in the background?

2.  Without resorting to a more expensive alternative, i.e., getting a
    Postscript or Postscript-emulation cartridge and the associated software
    and accelerator (like the one being sold by Fry's - a Pacific technology
    package for $500), is there any other reasonably powerful and cheap way of
    interfacing the IIP to my Mac?

Thanks for your help.  If possible, please e-mail your suggestions to me.

Sandeep
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Sandeep Kulkarni  (kulkarni@hpda.hp.com) 408-447-1623
CSEC/STD, Hewlett-Packard Company, Cupertino, CA 95014.

brion@cbnewsh.att.com (brion.n.feinberg) (07/14/90)

From article <20310001@hpcuha.HP.COM>, by kulkarni@hpcuha.HP.COM (Sandeep Kulkarni):
> I have a Mac (IIci) and an HP Laserjet IIP printer.  The printer has 0.5M+2M
> of memory, and I use a package called MacPrint to interface between the Mac
> and the IIP.  Now here are my questions:
> 
>     Does anyone know of a PrintCache-like utility (for the PCs) for the Macs
>     which will let me in effect print in the background?
> 
SuperLaserSpool works with MacPrint, allowing background printing.  But
your machine (at least my Mac II) gets pretty sluggish while printing.
SuperLaserSpool is made by SuperMac and sold at most fine mail order
locations.

Brion

brion@honet9!att.com