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by **James Scot** » Tue, 21 Sep 1999 04:00:00

Hi,

has anyone got this printer to work under linuxppc? I've plugged it into
the printer port and tried catting stuff to /dev/ttyS1, but can't get
anything to happen, not even a flashing light. It's fine under MacOS.

thanks,

James

by **Matthew Pritzke** » Wed, 22 Sep 1999 04:00:00

> Hi,

> has anyone got this printer to work under linuxppc? I've plugged it into
> the printer port and tried catting stuff to /dev/ttyS1, but can't get
> anything to happen, not even a flashing light. It's fine under MacOS.

If you've got it plugged into the printer port, that means you're
accessing it via LocalTalk, which isn't supported under Linux (any
version). You'll need to switch to an ethernet connection to use it
under Limux.

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Matthew Pritzker Graduate Research Assistant

by **James Scot** » Wed, 22 Sep 1999 04:00:00

thanks, this is probably what I'll do. I still don't understand though, do
macs have serial ports? I'd got the impression that the printer and modem
ports were both serial and localtalk (whatever that is!). Where can I plug
into ttyS0/1?

James

> > Hi,

> > has anyone got this printer to work under linuxppc? I've plugged it into
> > the printer port and tried catting stuff to /dev/ttyS1, but can't get
> > anything to happen, not even a flashing light. It's fine under MacOS.

> If you've got it plugged into the printer port, that means you're
> accessing it via LocalTalk, which isn't supported under Linux (any
> version). You'll need to switch to an ethernet connection to use it
> under Limux.

> --
> --------------------
> Matthew Pritzker Graduate Research Assistant

by **Sheldon D. Stok** » Wed, 22 Sep 1999 04:00:00

> thanks, this is probably what I'll do. I still don't understand though, do
> macs have serial ports? I'd got the impression that the printer and modem
> ports were both serial and localtalk (whatever that is!). Where can I plug
> into ttyS0/1?

right, it has a serial port, but that doesn't mean that the printer talks
via standard serial communication. IT talks through the odd and
apparently timing critical localtalk. At work I tried getting an older
laserwriter NT to print via straight serial connection, and while it would
print small jobs fine, it would hang on larger jobs. I went the ethernet
route and surplussed the old laserwriter. The older laserwriters had dip
switches to change from localtalk to serial. My 4/600 at home doesn't do
anything but localtalk (thanks apple). So I bought an asante ethertalk
box.

Sheldon

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