Re: 6.0.0 Laserwriter driver needed/AsanteTalk bridge trouble

["Christopher B. Brown" <cbrown15@earthlink.net>]

Thanks.  The 6.0.0 Laserwriter driver works with the HP LJ 2100M, though
there may be some limitations.  Bit-mapped graphics and simple WP files
printed fine, but too many fonts in a file produced a PS error again--of
course they might have failed on a real Laserwriter, too.

Marsha wrote:

> I had a similar problem with an Apple printer, I solved it by running a
> printserver on a Mac I wasn't using for much else.  The ghost of the old
> AOL Apple II forums still lists the files being there.  I may try the
> driver with my printer... but it may not just be the laserwriter driver
> itself it may also be some of the underlying appletalk drivers too.
>
> > Any thoughts on why the 2gs isn't working across the [AsanteTalk] bridge?
>
> >
>
> I assume you've powered on all the localtalk devices before the AsanteTalk?
>
> http://techinfo.asante.com/pdfs/Adapters-10MBit-External/atalktsrb.pdf
> http://techinfo.asante.com/pdfs/Adapters-10MBit-External/atalkfqra.pdf
>
> What system are you running on the 7300?

The 7300 is running 8.1.  Various attempts at fiddling with the power-up
sequence produced more hangs, some very slow opening of the AppleShare
control panel (about a minute to draw each of the expanding boxes going out
from the icon to the full window) and, twice, the 7300 appeared for a moment
only to crash to a bouncing-apple text screen with the message
  Could not load-unload resource
     Type 8006
     ID 0000000D
     Error 1E06
The behavior seemed to be rather unpredictable.  Meanwhile, the TX and RX
lights on the AsanteTalk were pulsing regularly (about every second), with
the 2gs trying to reach the Mac the only traffic on the network.

Gary Gouriluk wrote:

> I have found that when I try to choose a server when using the AsanteTalk,
> the system hangs and I cannot get on the network. No problem using
> AppleTalk ImageWriters or LaserWriters. However, my gs is able to use the
> AsanteTalk to access the network volumes, if it has already been set up to
> mount them automatically.
>
> I first had my gs on the network through Apple's LocalTalk Bridge
> software, and everything worked perfectly. When I turned off the LocalTalk
> bridge software and replaced it with the AsanteTalk, the volumes that had
> been set up to open on boot still worked fine. The problem seems to be
> with the chooser, which hangs when the AsanteTalk is on the network.
>
> Gary

I tried hooking up the Mac by LocalTalk again and selecting the volumes to
mount on the gs at bootup.  Then I switched back to the AsanteTalk and, as
Gary says, the volumes mount fine over the AsanteTalk.  That is an adequate
workaround, whatever is causing the curious confusion between the gs
AppleShare control panel and the AsanteTalk.

Thanks for the help!

Christopher Brown
cbrown15@earthlink.net