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Re: Printer help...

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From: Paul Womar
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1998 00:00
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Scott Perry <scottgperry@hotmail.com> wrote:

> I have to hook both of these up to the G3.  Having major trouble.  The
> LaserWriter only wants to run on an AppleTalk network, while the epson
> only wants to be a parallel printer. 

This may or may not be a stupid suggestion; use the modem port for one
of the printers, assuming it isn't in use for something else.  I may
have misunderstood but you seem to think the Printer port on the Mac is
a parallel port, it's not, it is a serial port just like the modem one.
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Subject: Re: Printer help...
Date: 1998/07/26
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