Re: Appletalk and GSOS 6.0.1

[mustb5@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu (Shawn T Beattie)]

strick@netwiz.cs.itc.hp.com (Jim Strickland) writes:

>Posted this to comp.sys.apple2.comm too.
>I just upgraded my GS to GSOS 6.0.1 from the apple FTP site.  Now I find that
>I can't print to my appletalk printer.
> 
>I get an error message (don't have it in front of me) about unknown job/user.

>The printer:   Declaser 1152 (which talks just nicely to my wife's Mac, which
>               is also on our appletalk net.)


I also have a DEClaser 1152, and I found that with the System 6.01
LaserWriter driver you will only be able to print very simple text
files.  Anything else will give a postscript error.  Apparently the
DEClaser, as well as many other postscript printers, aren't 100%
compatible with the LaserWriter.  The Mac LaserWriter driver is more
forgiving.  If you were able to print with an older version of the GS
system software, I'd try copying the old laserwriter drivers over to
6.0.1 and give it a try.  Another option with the DEClaser, since it will
also emulate a HP LaserJet III, is to get the Harmonie-HP drivers and
print to the RS232 serial port or the parallel port on the DEClaser.

Shawn