Re: Network printing from BASIC

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <35155E1C.8554D403@ark.com>, Hoser  <deh1@ark.com> wrote:
>I am an Apple II BASIC junkie.  I am running an Apple IIGS with ProDOS 8 and I
>am doing BASIC program only.  I have a Macintosh networked to an Apple
>Personal LaserWriter 320 via LocalTalk.  I'd like to network the IIGS to them
>so I can print to the laser printer directly from BASIC.

   If that's a postscript printer (not some oddball mac-only gunk),
then you can download the 'IWEM' (ImageWriter EMulator) included on GS
System 6 disks to the printer, run Appletalk on the Apple II side, and
you can then print (text only, not graphics) to the printer by
printing to the slot of Appletalk. If the printer's on ethernet, you
might need some 'Laserwriter Bridge' program on the Mac side. If it's
a non-postscript printer, you're probably out of luck.

Nathan Mates

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