Re: Printing from PC to MAC printer

[ChemSleuth@earthlink.net (Dennis Doms)]

In article <7cokau$i3h$1@server05.icaen.uiowa.edu>,
apple2pd@ground.ecn.uiowa.edu (ISCA AppleII Librarian) wrote:

>From article <7cofuq$j61$1@plug.news.pipex.net>, by "Brown Associates" <brown.assoc@dial.pipex.com>:
>> 
>> Is it possible to print from a PC with Win95 to an Apple Laser Writer II NT.
>> Win 95 has the drivers and I've tried connecting it to the printer port with
>> a DB25 Male/Male cable without success. Am I missing something?
>> 
>> Cheers
>> 
>> Lee
>> 
>
>The LaserWriter II NT is an 'AppleTalk' only printer.  It has the localtalk
>port, an ADU port, and a DB25 scsi port for connecting an external harddrive.
>
>If you plugged a serial cable into the scsi port, I hope you did not damage
>anything.  
>
>To use with windows, you will need to get a PC-localtalk card for the PC.
>
>Good luck!
>
>  --Steve  (apple2pd@ground.ecn.uiowa.edu)

Tthe LaserWriter II NT has a set of DIP switches that can be used to
select between serial and AppleTalk communications and between
PostScript and Diablo 630 (daisywheel printer, if anyone remembers
those :) modes. Setting to serial mode should let you use it as a
PostScript printer under Windows.

Check for reference:

	http://til.info.apple.com/tilarchive.nsf/artnum/n1992