Digital BW, The Print

This is a good solution.  I am a Pc person (working on both platforms). 
 This "print server Mac"
may not be fast, may not be loaded.  All the manipulations you will do 
on your main station.
Just printing software like Bowhouse - set up on the Mac.  
But how is it possible to without installing a Mac version of PS on it?
I am curious how you might make it work if you have all your expensive 
software on Pc.
Can you guide me through?
I would appreciate advice.  Used "white and blue" Mac G3 - I believe 
suitable for the task you may
buy for around $300.  It's a worth considering option.
Jack

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johngeyles wrote:

>
> > About 6 months ago I posted some quetions here about black and white
> > printing for the 2200 on a PC.  At that time there were 3 main
> > approaches
>
> There IS a 4th approach, that you may not want to hear about, but
> some people here have actually done: buy a cheap (several hundred
> dollars, cheaper than many of the RIPs) Macintosh and use it as a
> dedicated print server, running one of the free drivers that
> apparently give excellent results (like QuadTone RIP or OPM).
>
> John
>
>

> Can you guide me through?

Bowhaus OPM/IJC runs independently of PhotoShop, so you don't need
Photoshop on the cheap Mac.  In other words, it's standalone.

I'm not sure about Quadtone RIP.  And it only runs under OSX
(as I understand it), which I'm not so sure you can install on a G3
(and might cost even more).

Hopefuly someone who's actually gone down this Mac-printserver route
will chime in.

Good luck, John

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "johngeyles" 
<jge@c...> wrote:

> I'm not sure about Quadtone RIP.  And it only runs under OSX
> (as I understand it), which I'm not so sure you can install on a G3
> (and might cost even more).


Here's a URL to check the specs of all "current" Macintoshes back to 
the G3 (according to Apple, all G3s can run OS X):

  http://www.info.apple.com/support/applespec.html


Here's another good source for finding out about old Macs:

  http://lowendmac.com/ppc/index.shtml


Regards,
Peter.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Jack M Kucy 
<jmk@j...> wrote:
> This is a good solution.  I am a Pc person (working on both 
platforms). 
>  This "print server Mac"
> may not be fast, may not be loaded.

It may not be cheaper than the Epson RIP.  ($200)  The sample prints 
from the Epson RIP were excellent.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "johngeyles" <jge@c...> 
wrote:
> 
> > Can you guide me through?
> 
> Bowhaus OPM/IJC runs independently of PhotoShop, so you don't need
> Photoshop on the cheap Mac.  In other words, it's standalone.
> 
> I'm not sure about Quadtone RIP.  And it only runs under OSX
> (as I understand it), which I'm not so sure you can install on a G3
> (and might cost even more).

QuadToneRIP has to run on OS X 10.2.x  and you have to print from a OS X
native program.  So if you want to print directly from PS it has to be PS7.
However you can save the file and print from a program called Preview or
actually just drag the file (a .tif, .jgp or .psd -- not sure about layers)
onto the PrintCenter.  What you lose is fancy positioning because that's in PS.

Roy

> 
> Hopefuly someone who's actually gone down this Mac-printserver route
> will chime in.
> 
> Good luck, John