Re: LaserWriter PLUS & GS?

[ralphp@gcstation.net (Ralph Wade Phillips)]

Hi, Randy!

In article <50ksaf$8cd@europa.frii.com>, shack@deimos.frii.com (Randy
Shackelford) wrote:

> In article <50klho$pfj@texas.nwlink.com>,
> Damon Isaacson <cat@nwlink.com> wrote:
> 
> >I have a LaserWriter PLUS and I can't seem to get it to work with my GS.
> >Can I run it off the RS-232-C printer prot off the back of the GS? Do I
> >have to use AppleTalk? Any software to upload fonts and or TURN OFF THE
> >TEST PAGE PRINTING! ;) I've done it on LaserWriter IIg. Let me know what
> >you know and let me know if you need to know more about what I've tried.
> 
> You'll want to use localtalk to connect your IIgs to the Laserwriter. I'd
> say you need to connect it to a Mac and run Laserwriter Utility to turn
> off the startup page, it's the only way I know of to do it.

        No big need to run LocalTalk, the LW+ runs PostScript just
peachy-keen serially (I forget offhand if it's the 1200 and 9600 settings,
or the "Special" setting.)

        As to killing the start page, once it's set serial, you can copy a
text file down to it.  I would be glad to post it, but unfortunately my
Macintosh is floppy-less right now (darn, after 9 years of sucking dust,
it finally quit!  Off being repaired as I type), so I can't pull it off of
my backup floppy (drats!).

        I'll E-Mail it to myself, and repost it here later.

        RwP

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