jjz34245@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Cub Fan - Zim man) (06/18/91)
Does anyone know where I could get a chooser doc for an HP LaserJetII? Or is there another way to make it work? Im not on a network, just one printer cord, and a Mac Plus... Any ideas or comments would be apreciated, -Zim
Brian.V.Hughes@dartmouth.edu (Brian V. Hughes) (06/18/91)
In article <1991Jun17.203816.62@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> jjz34245@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Cub Fan - Zim man) writes: > Does anyone know where I could get a chooser doc for an HP LaserJetII? > Or is there another way to make it work? The program that you want is called MacPrint. It allows for non-Mac HP printers to connect to a Mac via the phone port and print. It also has support for many of the HP cartridges that you can purchace. > Im not on a network, just one printer cord, and a Mac Plus... You don't need to be on a network for MacPrint to function, regardless of the mac you own (although there might be a few hangups with some of the more anitque macs, ie. pre-MacPlus) > Any ideas or comments would be apreciated, > -Zim It actually works fairly well, although I would sample all of the different fonts that the printer knows to see which ones work best. We have had a few problems with Bookman and some of the other PostScrpit fonts, and we have the Adobe PostScrpit cartridge installed. -Hades Brian Hughes hades@Eleazar.Dartmouth.Edu Dartmouth Medical School - Computer Information Specialist
xxmartn@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov (06/19/91)
In article <1991Jun18.161132.9574@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>, Brian.V.Hughes@dartmouth.edu (Brian V. Hughes) writes... >In article <1991Jun17.203816.62@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> >jjz34245@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Cub Fan - Zim man) writes: > >> Does anyone know where I could get a chooser doc for an HP LaserJetII? >> Or is there another way to make it work? > > The program that you want is called MacPrint. It allows for non-Mac >HP printers to connect to a Mac via the phone port and print. It also >has support for many of the HP cartridges that you can purchace. > [stuff deleted] There is another Mac -> LaserJet printing package called JetLink express from GDT Softworks Inc. JetLink received higher evaluation marks than did MacPrint from MacUser mag. I have used both and find JetLink Express to be a little bit better. ----------------- One word sums up probably the responsibility of any Vice President, and that one word is 'to be prepared.' --- Vice President Dan Quayle -----------------
hal@world.std.com (Harry A Levinson) (06/21/91)
In article <1991Jun18.161132.9574@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> Brian.V.Hughes@dartmouth.edu (Brian V. Hughes) writes: >In article <1991Jun17.203816.62@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> >jjz34245@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Cub Fan - Zim man) writes: > >> Does anyone know where I could get a chooser doc for an HP LaserJetII? >> Or is there another way to make it work? > > The program that you want is called MacPrint. It allows for non-Mac >HP printers to connect to a Mac via the phone port and print. It also >has support for many of the HP cartridges that you can purchace. > Is there a smililar product that would allow me to use an Okidata 393C color dot matrix printer with a Mac.? Harry Levinson hal@world.Std.com
tappek@infonode.ingr.com (J. Kurt Tappe) (06/28/91)
>>(question regarding printint from Mac to HPLaserJetII >1 reply recommending MacPrint Also look into "JetLink Express." I have tested both MacPrint and JetLink Express and each has their strengths and weaknesses. Ask yourself this: Will you be using Adobe Type Manager or will you be wanting to more often use the fonts built into the printer or in a cartridge? If you want to use HP or cartridge fonts, go with MacPrint. It handles those fonts better. However, if you use ATM a lot and want to print to the LaserJet with Adobe Type 1 fonts, get JetLink Express. MacPrint often has problems with ATM and will produce flawed output whereas JetLink Express will do a beautiful job of converting Type 1 fonts into HP output. JetLink Express is also much easier to install and use, and I find its documentation to be slightly superior. Kurt -- tappek@infonode.ingr.com OR jkt100@psuvm.psu.edu -- From daemon Tue Jun 25 21:07 CDT 1991 >From JKT100%PSUVM.PSU.EDU Tue Jun 25 21:06:55 1991 remote from infonode Return-Path: <JKT100@PSUVM.PSU.EDU> Received: from [128.118.56.2] by infonode.ingr.com (5.61/1.910401)