Direct Mac to LaserWriter connection

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From: Larry Riddle
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 1989 01:01

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It is possible to connect a LaserWriter directly to a Mac using a round
8 pin to round 8 pin cable, thereby avoiding the extra cost of two LocalTalk
transceivers. Of course, one cannot do networking this way,  but for a
"private" printer it seems to work.

Is there any loss in speed connecting the printer this way? What are
the baud rates for this method as compared to connecting the Mac and
printer over LocalTalk? Will printing very large bitmaps be noticably
slower using a direct cable? Am I completely off-base with these
questions?

Larry

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From: riddle@mathcs.emory.edu (Larry Riddle)
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Subject: Direct Mac to LaserWriter connection
Keywords: LaserWriter
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Date: 6 Aug 89 01:01:24 GMT
Organization: Math & Computer Science, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
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