Re: IBM-compatible printers, IIGS--> Mac?

[sirius@spirit.com.au (Michael Hickey)]

In article <4ncp8a$fn6@nntp5.u.washington.edu>, ronlouie@u.washington.edu
(Ron Louie) wrote:

>         The price of the HP 600 inkjet has recently dropped locally to 
> about $180.  These are the IBM-compatible ones, and I'm getting Pointless 
> and Harmonie to take advantage of this printer through my pre-existing 
> parallel card on my IIGS.  However.....does anyone know if the Mac (should 
> I ever break down and acquire one) will support such a printer?

The HP 600 is a PCL 3 printer (albeit with improved resolution and
features over the older HP DJs), and as such can be driven by any software
(Such as Jet Link for the Mac) which delivers PCL 3 output (in graphics
mode).  I have successfully used my HP DJ500 on my IIgs, Mac and DOS/Win
computers with no hassles using generic PCL 3 drivers, including a driver
for the Lexmark series of ink jet printers.  A BIG minus is that you will
need to search around for a serial->parallel converter for the Mac since
the DJ 600 doesn't have a serial port.    

Check out http://www.dmo.hp.com/peripherals/printers/djdw600.html

An alternative printer _might_ be the HP DJ 340, which is a "portable"
DeskJet which is PCL 3 and has serial, parallel AND infrared I/O. :-)

Happy hunting!


Michael Hickey <sirius@spirit.com.au>