[Eug-lug] printer and ethertalk

[LinuxRocks!]

Good morning, and thanks for comming out today on such a rainy day... 
I'd like to begin todays talk with; oh, wait; oh, you were asking about 
network printing on a mac... yeah, ive done that...

Im not a mac wiz by anymeans, infact, i pretty much disliked macs for a 
long time, and found I could tolerate them around os 8/9, but have found 
the newer OS X based pretty neat. 

Ive setup printers with one mac using appletalk (I think thats what its 
called...) a single cable to the printer from the computer (little round 
din like connector). There are settings for your printer in the control 
panel, and you need to tell it which port your printing to, and which 
printer. 

What you want to do is slightly different, but not too much. You want to 
print from multiple sources to a single printer... which is totally 
reasonable, and common. 

You will physicly connect your printer, just like any other computer on 
an ethernet network. your printer will become a computer on the network, 
with an ip address(and hostname if you like).

I cant provide you with a step by step process, as the process would 
likely be different than yours anyway (and its been too long since I did 
it to remember the exact steps.)

You will ofcourse need some sort of network device to connect these 
computers/printers. I'm ofcourse assuming your using 10/100/1G network 
devices (with the plugs/jacks that look like large phone jacks/plugs,) 
and that they are all connected with ethernet patch cables to some sort 
of hub/switch/router.

Yes, I administer 2 macs, one a new little macmini, and an older os9 
based iMac. both work great.

Jamie

On Sat, Jul 08, 2006 at 06:14:57AM +0000, Jeff Newton wrote:
> Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2006 06:14:57 +0000
> From: Jeff Newton <newton at efn.org>
> To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group <euglug at euglug.org>
> Subject: [Eug-lug] printer and ethertalk
> 
> Not only are we linux guys and gals, but who's also still addicted to their 
> beloved Mac's - Jamie, you still have your's right?
> 
> Ok, here's the problem I want to hook up two Mac's to the same printer, one 
> a lappy, the other a desktop. I picked up a Stylewriter EtherTalk Adapter 
> today and printer, since the other one went to heaven, from CCRC. Thing is 
> didn't have a manual the adapter I got.
> 
> Secondly, Jeff Scoble over at the Mac Store said, he didn't know if that 
> would work or not, so, I need some ideas and helpful hints from the 
> Mac/linux addiction dudes on the list.
> 
> Thanks -
> 
> Jeff
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