On Thursday 06 December 2001 21:20, you wrote:
> If you have a postscript printer that's got a LocalTalk port, like an HP
> LaserJet 4SI, or if you add a JetDirect card that gives you LocalTalk
> capabilities, you can just plug directly into the LocalTalk port with a
> "mac serial cable" and print away. Quality is as good as the printer
> supports.
>
> (I mention the HP stuff because that's what we use here in my
> workgroup; we recently upgraded from the LaserJet 4Si to an HP LaserJet
> 4100 DTN, and it was $109 to add the LocalTalk port to the 4050.)
>
> You may also have luck exporting your documents from the Newton to your
> desktop machine. It's like this that I "print stuff from Works" at home
> to my Epson printer... I export the document that I'd like to print from
> the Newt to the iMac and then print from my desktop machine.
>
> The third option is to put your Newt on a network with a Postscript
> printer that speaks Appletalk. (I used to have an old PhoneNet network
> and a LaserWriter II NTX; later, I did this with our networked
> laserprinter and an ethernet card in my Newt.)
>
> In any event, you choose Print from the routing slip and you will be able
> to select the printer from a popup list.
>
> I'll be happy to provide more details if you'd like more info on any of
> these methods.
>
> ~Dustin
>
[snip]
It is relatively easy to print to la inux Ghostscript supported printer via a
network connection. Unfortunately, at the moment my only connection to the
Newton is via serial cable (I do have a Dacom combo modem/ethernet, but it
does not work woth the Newton), so I was wondering if I could find a working
intermediate solution. I guess I will have to swap my combo card for one that
works with my MP.
Exporting documents (as RTF files) does indeed work, but I did not like it as
a final solution, because a certain amount of the native formatting will
inevitably be lost.
Thanks for the reply anyway.
Karel Jansens
kareljansens_at_tiscalinet.be
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