Re: Apple Macintosh computers/appletalk/ethernet
George Scott (gscott@mail.central.stpaul.k12.mn.us)
Thu, 28 Mar 1996 09:38:15 EST
>We have a problem and hope someone can help. We don't know much about macs
>and need to know if there are any options available to help us.
>
>Many of our macs have appletalk ports. We purchased imagewriter and
>laserwriter printers and they are connected to these appletalk ports. We
>have LCII, III, 550 and PowerPC series macs.
>
>The problem is that these macs are on an ethernet network and won't print
>when logged on. We have to shut down the mac and restart it and NOT log on
>to the network to get the imagewriter or laserwriter printer to print.
>
>This seems extremely inconvienient. Is there any solution at all that will
>enable us to print to these printers while logged on to the ethernet network?
There are several solutions, both software and hardware. You need a router
between the two networks to route ethernet packets to local talk...look in
the Asante Micro Print in the latest MacWarehouse catalog (1-800-255-6227).
Looks like it might solve your problem.
George Scott
gscott@mail.central.stpaul.k12.mn.us
Communications Technology Program 612-659-0819
Central Sr. High--St. Paul, MN
http://voyager.central.stpaul.k12.mn.us
Lead Teacher Computer and Informational Technologies
Arlington High School (under construction)
http://voyager.central.stpaul.k12.mn.us/arlington/arlington.html