Apple laser printer with PC

thewolfe · Post by **thewolfe** » Wed Jun 16, 2004 9:07 pm

Apple laser printer with PC

Will Apple laser printer work with a PC?

fliptw · Post by **fliptw** » Wed Jun 16, 2004 10:08 pm

no reason for it not to.

besides cabling.

Plebeian · Post by **Plebeian** » Thu Jun 17, 2004 8:46 am

It should work. In the worst case, it'll have an ADB connection, which would mean that you'd need to buy an ADB-capable print server. But that should be it. Nothing special about the printer itself that should cause problems, I wouldn't think. (Though there might be a lack of drivers to worry about.)

thewolfe · Post by **thewolfe** » Thu Jun 17, 2004 9:35 am

Thanks for the info.

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I could and sometimes have posted to 4 or 5 forums in a minute by using that method.

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Fusion · Post by **Fusion** » Wed Jun 23, 2004 12:29 am

Plebeian wrote:It should work. In the worst case, it'll have an ADB connection, which would mean that you'd need to buy an ADB-capable print server. But that should be it. Nothing special about the printer itself that should cause problems, I wouldn't think. (Though there might be a lack of drivers to worry about.)

Wrong cable Pleb. ADB was the cable for the key and mouse. Serial is the correct cable name that u r thinking of. The serials were used for the printer amd modem port cables

Fusion

Plebeian · Post by **Plebeian** » Wed Jun 23, 2004 8:19 am

fusion wrote:
Plebeian wrote:It should work. In the worst case, it'll have an ADB connection, which would mean that you'd need to buy an ADB-capable print server. But that should be it. Nothing special about the printer itself that should cause problems, I wouldn't think. (Though there might be a lack of drivers to worry about.)
Wrong cable Pleb. ADB was the cable for the key and mouse. Serial is the correct cable name that u r thinking of. The serials were used for the printer amd modem port cables

Fusion

Hmm, pretty sure that my parent's old LaserWriter did use an ABD port. But it's been many years since I'd messed with it, so I could be wrong. Been known to happen on occasion.

fliptw · Post by **fliptw** » Wed Jun 23, 2004 8:37 am

the ADB and Serial cables looked the same.