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From: David Lesher on 22 Jul 2010 16:19

I'm trying to print to a LJ4+ with both X.4 and later, X.6.

I found the HP driver package, installed it, set the static IP,
and got nowhere....

The printer panel gives me a W2 Protocol error.....

Should this combination work?

BTW, Ethertalk is enabled on the JetDirect card, but the printer
does not appear via that route.

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From: Christoph Gartmann on 22 Jul 2010 17:28
In article <i2a94m$8li$6(a)reader1.panix.com>, David Lesher <wb8foz(a)panix.com> writes:
>
>I'm trying to print to a LJ4+ with both X.4 and later, X.6.
>
>I found the HP driver package, installed it, set the static IP,
>and got nowhere....
>
>The printer panel gives me a W2 Protocol error.....
>
>Should this combination work?

I don't remember whether this specific model supports PostScript.
If it does, then it should be possible to get things working.

>BTW, Ethertalk is enabled on the JetDirect card, but the printer
>does not appear via that route.

OS-X nowadays supports AppleTalk via TCP/IP only. This printer does use
AppleTalk as such. Therefore you are out of luck with that route.
Try printing via TCP/IP to port 9100.

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Christoph Gartmann

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From: David Lesher on 23 Jul 2010 00:41
gartmann(a)nonsense.immunbio.mpg.de (Christoph Gartmann) writes:

>>Should this combination work?

>I don't remember whether this specific model supports PostScript.
>If it does, then it should be possible to get things working.

No, but I thought the later drivers incorporated Ghostscript...


>>BTW, Ethertalk is enabled on the JetDirect card, but the printer
>>does not appear via that route.

>OS-X nowadays supports AppleTalk via TCP/IP only. This printer does use
>AppleTalk as such. Therefore you are out of luck with that route.
>Try printing via TCP/IP to port 9100.

The EIO card has the option to enable Ethertalk. In my
experience, the printer won't appear on the machine unless it is
is willing to use it, a defence against cluesless users.

[BTW, this EIO card actually HAS a Localnet port as well as the
UTP Ethernet...as if I had anything to drive it with...]

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A host is a host from coast to coast.................wb8foz(a)nrk.com
& no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX
Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433
is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433
From: XX on 23 Jul 2010 10:13

"David Lesher" <wb8foz(a)panix.com> wrote in message
news:i2a94m$8li$6(a)reader1.panix.com...
>
> I'm trying to print to a LJ4+ with both X.4 and later, X.6.
>
> I found the HP driver package, installed it, set the static IP,
> and got nowhere....
>
> The printer panel gives me a W2 Protocol error.....
>
> Should this combination work?
>
> BTW, Ethertalk is enabled on the JetDirect card, but the printer
> does not appear via that route.

This is another reason why the Mac only commands 4% world market share.


From: Jolly Roger on 23 Jul 2010 10:35
In article <2sh2o.22760$lS1.22267(a)newsfe12.iad>,
"XX" <zs(a)orangegrove.org> wrote:

> "David Lesher" <wb8foz(a)panix.com> wrote in message
> news:i2a94m$8li$6(a)reader1.panix.com...
> >
> > I'm trying to print to a LJ4+ with both X.4 and later, X.6.
> >
> > I found the HP driver package, installed it, set the static IP,
> > and got nowhere....
> >
> > The printer panel gives me a W2 Protocol error.....
> >
> > Should this combination work?
> >
> > BTW, Ethertalk is enabled on the JetDirect card, but the printer
> > does not appear via that route.
>
> This is another reason why the Mac only commands 4% world market share.

Because current versions of Mac OS don't support sixteen-year-old
printers?

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