[Macpartners] Re: Macpartners Digest, Vol 4, Issue 3
smyser
smyser at MIT.EDU
Fri Sep 5 13:36:24 EDT 2003
Strikes me that the best thing to do is network-ize the printer. You can
get an external HP JetDirect interface for $150-250 at Gov.Connection.
These boxes provide an LPD interface to which Klpr can certainly talk.
- Rob
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Subject: [Macpartners] Re: Macpartners Digest, Vol 4, Issue 3
never got a case number, yesterday I chatted with someone at the Desk
about the problem and Apple's suggested solution, he concurred with
Apple but didn't give me a number
I also heard about LPR printing and spoke with someone about that and
got case number 424043 - in my setup, an AirPort base station (with
which the 3 laptops are communicating) and a non-network-able printer
(HP Laserjet 5M) are both connected to a D-link switch (which then
goes to a DSL line) - AppleTalk can let any of the computers talk to
the printer but since the workaround is a big nuisance, would it be
possible to set up printing via LPR (and if so, how)?
thanks
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> 1. Re: OS X & appletalk (Nate Herzog)
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>Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2003 14:20:46 -0400
>From: Nate Herzog <z0g at MIT.EDU>
>To: Ethan Signer <signer at MIT.EDU>
>Cc: macpartners at MIT.EDU
>Subject: Re: [Macpartners] OS X & appletalk
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>Ethan:
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>Do you remember what case number referenced this problem? I've been
>looking over all your cases filed regarding OS X problems, and I can't
>find one that refers to the symptoms you mentioned. Was it filed under
>a different email address, perhaps?
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>Respectfully,
>
>Nate Herzog
>Computing Help Desk
>On Thursday, September 4, 2003, at 11:02 AM, Ethan Signer wrote:
>
>> A major problem for which both AppleCare and the Computing Help Desk
>> were (after 6 weeks) unable to find a solution:
>>
>> 1. A G4 PowerBook, bought in March 2001 with OS 9.1 and then
>> successively upgraded to OS 9.2.2 and OS 10.2.6, is unable (i.e.
>> refuses) to open AppleTalk in OS X. AppleTalk will not open in
>> Classic either, though it will open if the machine is booted in OS
>> 9.2.2. As a workaround, I can open AppleTalk in OS 10.2.6 by typing
>> a command in Terminal (sudo appletalk -u en1) and, if Classic is
>> running at the time, restarting Classic (i.e. if Classic is running
>> the Terminal command isn't enough); I also have to redo this
>> workaround if the computer goes to sleep and then wakes up again,
>> and I also have to redo the workaround occasionally for no apparent
>> reason.
>>
>> 2. A (graphite) iBook, also bought in March 2001 with OS 9.1 and
>> then successively upgraded to OS 9.2.2 and OS 10.2.6, has no problem
>> whatever opening AppleTalk.
>>
>> 3. An (opaque) iBook, bought this Spring with OS 9.2.2 and OS 10.1
>> and then upgraded to OS 10.2.6, has the same AppleTalk problem as
>> the G4 PowerBook (#1 above).
>>
>> Apple says the system must be corrupted and I should wipe everything
>> completely and reinstall, which I am understandably reluctant to do.
>> But I find it surprising that 2 out of 3 computers should have
>> developed this corruption, and that two computers set up the same
>> (except for the PowerBook being G4 and the iBook being G3) should
>> behave so differently.
>>
>> I need AppleTalk to communicate with the LaserJet that all 3
>> computers depend on (through AirPort) - any suggestions for
>> correcting this problem besides a complete reinstall?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Ethan
>>
>>
>>
>> --
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>> Professor of Biology Emeritus, MIT
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