sysadmin@pnet91.cts.com (Matthew Montano) (06/18/91)
Couple of LaserWriter/LaserPrinter questions... 1) How compatible is the IIp w/ AppleTalk option & w/ PostScript option tot he Apple IIgs laser printer drivers? 2) Will the ImageWriter Emulator work on the IIp (as above)? With 5.0.2, (on a floppy disk system), can 512k support the downloading of the IWEM and then allow a P8 program to print correctly. I'm usually up on this stuff, but some of these things don't have concrete answers! Matthew --- ventureTech Intelligence - We're trying to make computers easy, SOME HOW! Email: sysadmin@pnet91.cts.com (most mailers won't barf on that..) My comments aren't even worth a disclaimer... And the further I get from the things that I care about... The less I care about how much further away I get - Robert Smith, 1989
guss@pro-nsdapple.cts.com (Jim Gussler) (06/20/91)
In-Reply-To: message from sysadmin@pnet91.cts.com Subject: ImageWriter Emulator >Couple of LaserWriter/LaserPrinter questions... >1) How compatible is the IIp w/ AppleTalk option & w/ PostScript option to >the Apple IIgs laser printer drivers? I'm currently running a //gs Rom 3 with slot 1 set up as AppleTalk. I've got a phone net connector on the back of my gs that has a connector that runs to my ImageWriter phone net connector and from there to my Hewlett Packard LaserJet IIp (w PostScript). I have found only one program that burps with this hookup and that is PublishIt 3. (But PublishIt 3 doesn't have a driver for the HP IIp, I use the driver for the LaserWriter Plus.) All other programs I've tried, work fine. >2) Will the ImageWriter Emulator work on the IIp (as above)? Yes. When you select the Emulator the printer firsts prints out a piece of paper saying Emulator installed (just to let you know it's working) and then its ready. I normally use AppleWorks 3.0 and when I print, I use the standard ImageWriter commands such as Bold, Subscript, underline, etc, and they work like a champ. >With 5.0.2, (on a floppy disk system), can 512k support the downloading of >the IWEM and then allow a P8 program to print correctly. Couldn't tell you. I already had 5.0.3 installed before the purchase of the HP LaserJet IIp. >I'm usually up on this stuff, but some of these things don't have concrete >answers! Does any of this stuff have concrete answers? :-) guss ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ProLine: guss@pro-nsdapple | System Administrator Internet: guss@pro-nsdapple.cts.com | pro-nsdapple BBS UUCP: crash!pro-nsdapple!guss | 300/1200/2400/9600 Baud ARPA: crash!pro-nsdapple!guss@nosc.mil | (619) 571-9010 North San Diego Apple User's Group P.O. Box 261870, San Diego, Ca. 92196 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
kimbrennan@gnh-starport.cts.com (Kim Brennan) (06/27/91)
In Reply to Matthew Montano: > 1) How compatible is the IIp w/ AppleTalk option & w/ PostScript option tot > he Apple IIgs laser printer drivers? I've got an HP Laserjet IIp (darn I wish I could upgrade to the IIIp) and I've got the Appletalk and HP Postscript options. It works just like a Laserwriter using the Apple Laserwriter printer drivers. Perfectly as an Apple printer would. > > With 5.0.2, (on a floppy disk system), can 512k support the downloading of > the IWEM and then allow a P8 program to print correctly. > I've never used the IWEM. Once I got a laserprinter, I never want to use IWEM. As to a 512K GS using the IWEM...well trying to use 5.02 on a floppy based gs with only 512K is pretty tight. I know I couldn't live that way. As the the P8 question...it really depends on the individual program. I've heard that Appleworks Classic will work using the IWEM, but that Printshop won't. -=> message from kimbrennan@gnh-starport.cts.com <=-