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Personal LaserWriter 300 and OS 8.6

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he...@my.house

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Aug 9, 1999, 3:00:00 AM8/9/99
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Any known problems? All I get are dialog boxes teling me to check cable
connections and make sure the printer is turned on.

Everything's plugged in where it should be; the printer has no power
switch and is always on; the 300 is chosen in the Chooser - printer port,
AppleTalk and Background Printing off; Printer Descriptions and Extensions
in order, best I can tell.

Any hints?

TIA


- Katheryne

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Len Wines

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Aug 9, 1999, 3:00:00 AM8/9/99
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In article <here-09089...@1cust92.tnt3.durham.nc.da.uu.net>,
he...@my.house wrote:

>Any known problems? All I get are dialog boxes teling me to check cable
>connections and make sure the printer is turned on.
>
>Everything's plugged in where it should be; the printer has no power
>switch and is always on; the 300 is chosen in the Chooser - printer port,
>AppleTalk and Background Printing off; Printer Descriptions and Extensions
>in order, best I can tell.
>
>Any hints?
>
>TIA
>
>
>- Katheryne

I believe that the Personal LaserWriter 300 and 8.6 are incompatible. Yes,
I know they are both the work of Apple.

I also believe that there are some AppleScript workarounds that make it
possible to use your printer with OS 8.6.

I downloaded it/them for a friend who has a 300, but he has no desire to
go to 8.6.

If you can't find them on the Internet, please let me know and I'll look
for it/them on my drives and send them to you.

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Len Wines
Chair, USC Macintosh User Group
President Emeritus, Los Angeles Macintosh Group

Mike Rosenberg

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Aug 10, 1999, 3:00:00 AM8/10/99
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Len Wines <wi...@mediaone.net> wrote:

> I believe that the Personal LaserWriter 300 and 8.6 are incompatible. Yes,
> I know they are both the work of Apple.
>
> I also believe that there are some AppleScript workarounds that make it
> possible to use your printer with OS 8.6.

You're thinking of the LaserWriter 310. The Personal LW 300 is fully
compatible with 8.6.

--
Mike Rosenberg
<http://www.macconsult.com>

Perfection is what we strive fro.

Ritchie, Kelvin

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Aug 10, 1999, 3:00:00 AM8/10/99
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I run an Apple Personal Laserwriter 300 and Epson 800 from my 7600/G3
using Momentum's PortDoubler on 8.6 and it works fine.

Kelvin

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