Re: Setting up a small appletalk network

[mhackett@vaxxine.com (Mike Hackett)]

In article <D0xtGt.GxH@actrix.gen.nz>, dempson@atlantis.actrix.gen.nz
(David Empson) wrote:

> In article <petroski.787504210@mwunix>,
> Frank R Petroski <petroski@mwunix.mitre.org> wrote:
> > and so I can hopefully print through to an HP550c Deskjet that is
> > direct connected to the serial port on the Mac (although I suppose I
> > could also put the DeskJet on the localtalk network too).
>
> You cannot print directly from the IIgs to a printer connected to a
> serial port on the Mac, unless you have software running on the Mac
> which makes the printer available to computers on the network.  I know
> that this software exists, but I don't know what it is called, or if
> it is specific to certain printers.

Actually, I just received System 7.5 for the Mac, and the cheesy little
"upgrade guide" mentions that you can now share directly connected
printers, just as you can share the local hard drives.  (Disclaimer: I
have not tried it yet.)  There is also third-party to do the same thing,
I believe, but I haven't checked into it yet.

Everything else David said was right on, though.

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