Laserwriter Pro 630

[jefframsey]

I finished recapping the comms board in my LW Pro 630 and now it is working once again! I still need to replace the caps on the DC controller board but at least it is working now that the communication board is resurrected. As soon as my next shipment from DigiKey comes in, I'll get the two caps on DC controller swapped out and she should be like a new printer.

I have connected the MiniDin-8 to my Apple IIgs, and the ethertalk to the network. I configured ethertalk to my Raspberry Pi running A2SERVER and then shared it via CUPS to all of the modern computers in the house. The computers that I have in this house that can all print to this printer without changing wires are as follows:

Apple IIgs (GS/OS 6.0.4)

Mac SE (7.0.1)

Mac Color Classic (7.0.1)
iMac 5,1 (10.7.5)

Macbook Pro (2011)

Macbook Pro (2008)

Macbook (2017)

As soon as I can get the Laserwriter drivers installed, I'll be adding my Powerbook 540c to the list.

 

[Macdrone]

wow might need you to setup mine lol.

 

[jefframsey]

wow might need you to setup mine lol.

It's been a while. How have you been? I almost looked you up to see if you had any parts for one of these. I lifted a pad on the communication board for one of the surface mount caps. I was able to solder the new cap's leg right to the trace itself. It is not very pretty, but it's functional.

I started a blog at www.retroadventures.net. As soon as I get the last two caps (DC controller board, C201-C202) from Digikey, I'll do a write up on the entire process. It's really easy to do if you have a linux box, even easier if you have a Raspberry Pi. I bet you can do the same thing with CUPS installed on OS X as well.

Also, I can now add my Powerbook 540c to the list of computers that can print to it. It's awesome that it supports the Appletalk from the IIgs over the 8-pin cable and also supports Ethertalk to/from the network at the same time.

 

[Macdrone]

I have an ethernet bridge and think i could print from anything from my 10 base T router to airport wifi.  I just thought your setup is great.  I dont have any linux or raspberry pi.  

 

[jefframsey]

I have an ethernet bridge and think i could print from anything from my 10 base T router to airport wifi.  I just thought your setup is great.  I dont have any linux or raspberry pi.  

Ahhh. I hear you now. A hardware ethernet bridge would work great. Also, I suppose you could install LocalTalk bridge on a Mac with both ethernet and AppleTalk and then use AppleShare to share the printer, although I have never done this. Another thing I had to do to get it working, I had to "borrow" the PPD file from 10.7.5 on my iMac and copy it to my newer Macs. The driver was not included in the newer OS.