I bought this at a yard sale, it powered on, but there were no cords or
a mac to test it. There is a round port in the back with what I think
is an ADB symbol, (3 dots connected like a scrawny bunch of grapes);
another round port with two arrows, one up, one down; and a 25 pin
serial port.

I have a MDD g4, but the University at Buffalo has a printing
department that uses macs of course and they have a beige g3 I think
7xxx. I want them to have it. What cords are needed to make it work?

In article <090720032227123795%timothy.domst[at]verizon.net>,
Timothy Domst <timothy.domst[at]verizon.net> wrote:

> I bought this at a yard sale, it powered on, but there were no cords or
> a mac to test it. There is a round port in the back with what I think
> is an ADB symbol, (3 dots connected like a scrawny bunch of grapes);
> another round port with two arrows, one up, one down; and a 25 pin
> serial port.
>
> I have a MDD g4, but the University at Buffalo has a printing
> department that uses macs of course and they have a beige g3 I think
> 7xxx. I want them to have it. What cords are needed to make it work?

I don't know if the ADB port on those printers actually worked, but even
if it did, it would be mind-numbingly slow.

The "serial-port" looking mini-DIN with the arrows is for Appletalk
which is a lot faster than ADB and so just *very* slow with large
PostScript files or bitmapped images. You can find EtherTalk to
AppleTalk adapters that will let the beast exist quite happily on
Ethernet LANs (for Mac use only, because of Ethertalk; the adapter
ignores any IP stuff flowing on the same LAN), but it will still be as
slow as AppleTalk.

What is "slow"? A handful of seconds for a PostScript image of a
"normal" page of text; several minutes for a complex pageful of bitmap
image.

Those printers have first-generation Canon imaging engines, and are
pretty much indestructable, barring lamp and rubber roller failures.

Isaac

Slow is ok. I just looked on ebay and those adapters are cheap.
Thanks for steering me in the right direction.

In article <isw-1D66DB.21351009072003[at]netnews.attbi.com>, Isaac
Wingfield <isw[at]witzend.com> wrote:

> In article <090720032227123795%timothy.domst[at]verizon.net>,
> Timothy Domst <timothy.domst[at]verizon.net> wrote:
>
> > I bought this at a yard sale, it powered on, but there were no cords or
> > a mac to test it. There is a round port in the back with what I think
> > is an ADB symbol, (3 dots connected like a scrawny bunch of grapes);
> > another round port with two arrows, one up, one down; and a 25 pin
> > serial port.
> >
> > I have a MDD g4, but the University at Buffalo has a printing
> > department that uses macs of course and they have a beige g3 I think
> > 7xxx. I want them to have it. What cords are needed to make it work?
>
> I don't know if the ADB port on those printers actually worked, but even
> if it did, it would be mind-numbingly slow.
>
> The "serial-port" looking mini-DIN with the arrows is for Appletalk
> which is a lot faster than ADB and so just *very* slow with large
> PostScript files or bitmapped images. You can find EtherTalk to
> AppleTalk adapters that will let the beast exist quite happily on
> Ethernet LANs (for Mac use only, because of Ethertalk; the adapter
> ignores any IP stuff flowing on the same LAN), but it will still be as
> slow as AppleTalk.
>
> What is "slow"? A handful of seconds for a PostScript image of a
> "normal" page of text; several minutes for a complex pageful of bitmap
> image.
>
> Those printers have first-generation Canon imaging engines, and are
> pretty much indestructable, barring lamp and rubber roller failures.
>
> Isaac

In article <090720032227123795%timothy.domst[at]verizon.net>,
Timothy Domst <timothy.domst[at]verizon.net> wrote:

> I bought this at a yard sale, it powered on, but there were no cords or
> a mac to test it. There is a round port in the back with what I think
> is an ADB symbol, (3 dots connected like a scrawny bunch of grapes);
> another round port with two arrows, one up, one down; and a 25 pin
> serial port.
>
> I have a MDD g4, but the University at Buffalo has a printing
> department that uses macs of course and they have a beige g3 I think
> 7xxx. I want them to have it. What cords are needed to make it work?


In case you might be interested, LaserWriter II NTs are easily upgraded.
A few years ago I found a LaserWriter IIg board on eBay for about $60.
The IIg board has slots for up to 32 megs ram and allows Ethernet
connectivity via an RJ 45 transceiver. Installing the board is simple.
Remove two screws, take out the old, slide in the new. Mine's 13 years
old (three of them as a IIg) and works great with Mac OSX 10.2.6.

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In article <invalid-E42DBF.19170410072003[at]corp.newsfeeds.com>, "L. Rodgers" <invalid[at]invalid.invalid> wrote:

> In case you might be interested, LaserWriter II NTs are easily upgraded.
> A few years ago I found a LaserWriter IIg board on eBay for about $60.
> The IIg board has slots for up to 32 megs ram and allows Ethernet
> connectivity via an RJ 45 transceiver. Installing the board is simple.
> Remove two screws, take out the old, slide in the new. Mine's 13 years
> old (three of them as a IIg) and works great with Mac OSX 10.2.6.

Then you could use the NT with say a G4 laptop?

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In article
<WhoWill-1107030913060001[at]pool-151-196-173-122.balt.east.verizon.net>,
WhoWill[at]hear-a-who.net (Gregory W. Blank) wrote:

> In article <invalid-E42DBF.19170410072003[at]corp.newsfeeds.com>, "L. Rodgers"
> <invalid[at]invalid.invalid> wrote:
>
> > In case you might be interested, LaserWriter II NTs are easily upgraded.
> > A few years ago I found a LaserWriter IIg board on eBay for about $60.
> > The IIg board has slots for up to 32 megs ram and allows Ethernet
> > connectivity via an RJ 45 transceiver. Installing the board is simple.
> > Remove two screws, take out the old, slide in the new. Mine's 13 years
> > old (three of them as a IIg) and works great with Mac OSX 10.2.6.
>
> Then you could use the NT with say a G4 laptop?

Once the NT is upgraded with a LaserWriter IIg board, I see no reason
the printer wouldn't work with a G4 laptop. Mine works wirelessly
(Airport) with a G3 iBook.

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