bic@cgl.ucsf.edu (Bruce Cohen) (01/11/90)
I am interested in using an old HP LaserJet with a Mac SE for printing text. I understand that there are at least two products on the market which should make the connection: Grappler LS (Orange MIcro) and JetLink Express (GDT Softworks). Does anyone have experience with either or these products or have other suggestions? Thanks. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- " Bruce Cohen | UUCP: ..ucbvax!ucsfcgl!bic " Computer Graphics Lab | INTERNET: bic@cgl.ucsf.edu " S-926 | BITNET: bic@ucsfcgl
jsp@key.COM (James Preston) (01/13/90)
In article <12747@cgl.ucsf.EDU> bic@cgl.ucsf.edu (Bruce Cohen) writes: > >I am interested in using an old HP LaserJet with a Mac SE for printing >text. I understand that there are at least two products on the market >which should make the connection: Grappler LS (Orange MIcro) and JetLink >Express (GDT Softworks). Does anyone have experience with either or these >products or have other suggestions? I think it's time to make a monthly posting on how to connect a Mac to an HP LaserJet. The quick answer: Stay away from the Grappler, it's a kludge. There are two very good printer drivers: JetLink Express (as you mentioned) and MacPrint. Last Month's MacUser (I think it was the December issue) had an article comparing them. The bottom line is essentially this: If you want to mainly use the LaserJet's internal fonts and font cartridges, get MacPrint. If you want more LaserWriter-like capabilities, use JetLink (it has some really excellent outline fonts that MacPrint lacks). One warning: If your LaserJet is _really_ old, like the _original_ rather than at least a LaserJet plus, the damned thing doesn't have enough memory to make full use of Jetlink's graphics mode. It can print about a quarter of a page at 300 DPI, and _almost_ a full page of _double spaced_ type at 150 DPI. For anything else, you have to use 75 DPI, which comes out looking like a good dot matrix printer. I have JetLink, a Mac SE/30, and an original LaserJet. If you have any more questions, drop me some email. --James Preston jsp@key.com or pacbell!key!jsp
cavrak@uvm-gen.UUCP (Steve Cavrak,Waterman 113,656-1483,) (01/14/90)
In article <12747@cgl.ucsf.EDU> bic@cgl.ucsf.edu (Bruce Cohen) writes: > >I am interested in using an old HP LaserJet with a Mac SE for printing >text. I understand that there are at least two products on the market >which should make the connection: Grappler LS (Orange MIcro) and JetLink >Express (GDT Softworks). Does anyone have experience with either or these >products or have other suggestions? I'm happy with my SE + HP Laserjet (not a plus!) and: a. Public domain printer driver from the Info-Mac archives (Sumex) b. Apple A2C0312 cable ("Apple IIe Modem-8 Cable) c. Adobe Type Manager All of this works with text and graphics though it is a bit slow at 300 dpi! (150 dpi is my standard setup).