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Mac driver for ProPrinter
I have been tasked with connecting some line printers to a Mac via ethernet. These printers have a IBM ProPrinter emulation and a network interface. I have been searching for network drivers (found some serial drivers) with out any luck.
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Epson FX and DEC ANSI.
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Well, it looks like I have two solutions:
- Connect serial and use one of the text drivers at http://www.macdrivermuseum.com/printer.shtml.
- Connect serial or ethernet with PowerPrint from Strydent. http://www.strydent.com
I cannot get the Epson driver from Epson's site to work. Since the documentation specifies the Epson NIC, I suspect it checks the MAC address or the NIC name via SNMP.
- Connect serial and use one of the text drivers at http://www.macdrivermuseum.com/printer.shtml.
- Connect serial or ethernet with PowerPrint from Strydent. http://www.strydent.com
I cannot get the Epson driver from Epson's site to work. Since the documentation specifies the Epson NIC, I suspect it checks the MAC address or the NIC name via SNMP.
Even if they have a NIC, it will probably need to be running Appletalk, and you would need a postcript card or emulation.
If you run OSX, you could try CUPS (common Unix Print System) which it supports, and will talk to most printers.
www.cups.org
If you run OSX, you could try CUPS (common Unix Print System) which it supports, and will talk to most printers.
www.cups.org
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Since moving to OSX, this solution is now easily resolved. CUPS is included with OSX and has several Epson drivers (an emulation supported by these printers).
Of course, as any real Mac-man knows, the only real printers are PostScript, LaserWriter-compatible ones. And PostScript does not support text printing.
Do your printers support any other emulation?