Digital BW, The Print

Hi there,

Does anyone here use Mac to print to a network based printer (either on a dedicated 
print server or a computer that is not a Mac) ?  I bought a Hawking PS12U print server, 
while everything works very well with PC, including Piezo plugin, I couldn't get it to 
work on Mac at all. I couldn't figure out a way to tell OS 9 to print to my Epson 1160 
hooked up to the print server, it seems that OS 9 requires a postscript printer to 
work. 

Kinda same story for OS X (10.2.6 is what I'm using). The Epson driver is not network 
aware and doesn't show up in the model drop down list when I try to add a printer in 
Printer Center.

 
If this setup won't work because of the printer limitation, what printer should I buy? 
No I can't afford wide format ones nor dedicated RIPs. I sort of know that I need a 
printer that has a network aware/compatible driver, but the question is which printers 
have this type of drivers?

Any workaround here? Any suggestion is appreciated.

--Li Lin

Li Lin;

You can setup to print through CUPS, or share the printer on the PC and
print through Samba on OS X. Try using "Dave" for a simple solution. My 2200
has a separate driver for network printing.

In the Print center remember to hold down the Option key while selecting add
printer to access advanced features.

Wendel

> Does anyone here use Mac to print to a network based printer (either on a
> dedicated 
> print server or a computer that is not a Mac) ?  I bought a Hawking PS12U
> print server, 
> while everything works very well with PC, including Piezo plugin, I couldn't
> get it to 
> work on Mac at all. I couldn't figure out a way to tell OS 9 to print to my
> Epson 1160 
> hooked up to the print server, it seems that OS 9 requires a postscript
> printer to 
> work. 
> 
> Kinda same story for OS X (10.2.6 is what I'm using). The Epson driver is not
> network 
> aware and doesn't show up in the model drop down list when I try to add a
> printer in 
> Printer Center.

You would have to use printer sharing.
Does the 1160 have a usb port or only parallel?

There are a number of very informed people on the OSX groups - you may  
want to try there.

On Thursday, September 11, 2003, at 06:31  AM, TB_Lin wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> Does anyone here use Mac to print to a network based printer (either  
> on a dedicated
> print server or a computer that is not a Mac) ?  I bought a Hawking  
> PS12U print server,
> while everything works very well with PC, including Piezo plugin, I  
> couldn't get it to
> work on Mac at all. I couldn't figure out a way to tell OS 9 to print  
> to my Epson 1160
> hooked up to the print server, it seems that OS 9 requires a  
> postscript printer to
> work.
>
> Kinda same story for OS X (10.2.6 is what I'm using). The Epson driver  
> is not network
> aware and doesn't show up in the model drop down list when I try to  
> add a printer in
> Printer Center.
>
>
> If this setup won't work because of the printer limitation, what  
> printer should I buy?
> No I can't afford wide format ones nor dedicated RIPs. I sort of know  
> that I need a
> printer that has a network aware/compatible driver, but the question  
> is which printers
> have this type of drivers?
>
> Any workaround here? Any suggestion is appreciated.
>
> --Li Lin
>
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Regards,

Loring Palleske
Creative Imaging
416.301.1711

I have 10.2.6 and a 9600 using ethernet IP all using Linksys routers and swtiches.

As such, I have three print queues:
1.) 9600 (Epson driver)
2.) 9600GIMP
3.) 9600QUADTONERIP

I did *NOT* need to use the option key to get the IP address of the 9600

For the Epson driver I just chose "EpsonIP" and it found the IP address of the 9600.
For the two GIMP drivers I just chose "IP Printing" and typed in the IP address of the 
9600 and chose the appropriate drivers from the drop-dwon list

MJS



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "TB_Lin" <tb_lin@y...> wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> Does anyone here use Mac to print to a network based printer (either on a 
dedicated 
> print server or a computer that is not a Mac) ?  I bought a Hawking PS12U print 
server, 
> while everything works very well with PC, including Piezo plugin, I couldn't get it to 
> work on Mac at all. I couldn't figure out a way to tell OS 9 to print to my Epson 
1160 
> hooked up to the print server, it seems that OS 9 requires a postscript printer to 
> work. 
> 
> Kinda same story for OS X (10.2.6 is what I'm using). The Epson driver is not 
network 
> aware and doesn't show up in the model drop down list when I try to add a printer 
in 
> Printer Center.
> 
>  
> If this setup won't work because of the printer limitation, what printer should I buy? 
> No I can't afford wide format ones nor dedicated RIPs. I sort of know that I need a 
> printer that has a network aware/compatible driver, but the question is which 
printers 

> have this type of drivers?
> 
> Any workaround here? Any suggestion is appreciated.
> 
> --Li Lin