Printing to PostScript Printer Using Novell Server (7/93)


I have a Macintosh Plus with system software 6.0.4 and 1MB RAM, connected via
thin Ethernet (Nuvotech's SCSI Ethernet Device) to a Novell file server running
2.15c.

This Macintosh can access the file server without problems, but when it tries
to print to a PostScript printer connected to the serial port on the file
server, a NEC LC890, nothing prints -- the Macintosh can see the print queue,
can go ahead and print to it, and the light blinks on the printer...but nothing
happens.

Do you have any suggestions?

We contacted Novell Technical Support and they confirmed that the printer
device has to be one of the Apple LaserWriters or Apple ImageWriters supported
by Netware for Macintosh, OR a third-party printer which supports LocalTalk and
the Apple printer dictionary.

The printers have to be on the LocalTalk network connected to the Novell server
via a LocalTalk Adapter such as NL1000, or on any LocalTalk networks connected
to an Ethernet network connected to the server via a LocalTalk-Ethernet router.

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Article Change History:
27 July 1993 - Company title updated from Focus Enhancement to Focus
Enhancements, Inc.
19 June 1992 - Focus Enhancement acquired Nuvotech connectivity products.

Published Date: Feb 18, 2012