EtherTalk 2.0: Allows Serial & AppleTalk Communication



I am having some difficulty printing with the ImageWriter LQ.

I have an EtherTalk Card for accessing AppleShare servers and other network
entities, and an ImageWriter LQ on the printer port. When using Chooser to
select the ImageWriter LQ (instead of LaserWriter) and selecting the printer
port, all AppleShare connections are destroyed.

I notice that the A-L Historical Listing of software (6/89) in the Tech Info
Library shows ImageWriter LQ disks rev 2.0.1. Could it be that this problem
has been addressed with Revision 2.0.1?

Actually, it has nothing to do with the ImageWriter LQ driver. The EtherTalk
1.0 (1.1 and 1.2, inclusive) drivers make it impossible to use the printer port
when EtherTalk is selected and AppleTalk is turned on.

The EtherTalk 2.0 drivers have solved this problem by freeing the printer port
for serial or non-AppleTalk communications.

We do have a resolution to the problem, however. Here are the steps:

1) Remove the EtherTalk 1.0 software using the EtherTalk 1.0 installer.

2) Install the EtherTalk 2.0 software using the EtherTalk 2.0 installer.

3) Copy the EtherTalk 1.0 ADEV into the System Folder of the target
machine; the name of the file is "EtherTalk".

4) Remove the file called "EtherTalk2.0". This file is used only when
connecting to an AppleTalk, Phase 2-based, EtherTalk network.

The ImageWriter LQ disks rev 2.0.1, mentioned above, refer to the revision of
the disk and not the software on the disk. ImageWriter LQ 2.0 is the latest
revision of the driver.


Published Date: Feb 18, 2012