I'm useing a II, but these will also work with the LQ and I.

I copied these directions shorthand from Mac OS X Unleashed 2nd edition. I copied them at the store, into my Newton. You'll need to use the Terminal.

First, go to www.macosxunleashed.com and register and acct. Then, from the downloads section, get the "file" and "serial" files (they are plain text)

Get Info on each file. Set the owner to "system" (the top one if you ahve 2).
Set the group to "wheel" (again, the top if you have 2)

Now, you can either use sudo for these files or su to root.
In the commands below, I'm assuming the files are in your home directory:

% mv ~marchie/serial.txt /usr/libexec/cups/backend/serial
% mv ~marchie/file.txt /usr/libexec/cups/backend/file

% cd /usr/libexec/cups/backend/

% chmod 755 serial
% chmod 755 file

Great! The hard part is done! all that's left is installing 3 packages.

Install Ghostscript and gimp-print from
http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/MacOSX.php3

Install the ImageWriter driver package
http://www.linuxprinting.org/macosx/

FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS! you'll need to have your serial adapter (if any) installed and plugged in when you run the ImageWriter driver installer. It will install an ImageWriter I and 2 and LQ printer to EACH serial port you have (in my case it was 6). Just remove the ones you don't want in Print Center and you're all set!

If you have printer sharing on, all other Rendevous systems on the network will see the printer.

Good Luck!
~Marchie

This is *very* cool. I am definitely going to try this with my LQ.

Just a thought - if you have an Imagewriter with an Appletalk card in it, will it also work?

K

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I always regret getting ridof things later... and now I regret getting rid of a pretty nice (looking) and [completely untested] Imagewriter II

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I always wanted to create an ImageWriter typewriter for filling in the occasional bureaucratic form. With just a wee bit'o software(Hypercard and a serial port XCMD?), one could convert keyboard entries and arrow key commands into carriage and roller commands (my old ImageWriter I manual had a quick reference card of the escape codes). I even remember an old Digital Equip. Corp teletype that used a daisywheel -- the thing would automatically move the wheel out of the typing area when you stopped typing so you could see what you typed and then it would pop back into the proper location when you started typing again. One could do the same thing with the ImageWriter -- the carriage would jump of the the way so one could check the typing or align the printhead with the proper spot on the paperform.

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I decided to "test" the set up by printing the 200 page IANA Port Numbers file across the network...

somewhere in the port 2xx range, it stalled... I figured it just died... didn't check the CUPS or Print Center results (cups is accessible at http://localhost:631 )

Well... It stalled... but didn't DIE... my dad ended up restarting the computer this morning and it started pumping out more text, right from the mid sentance it had cut off (alas, I had moved the page)

this evening I heard a noise while upstairs... and went down to find it happily printing pages (I think I have 100 or so)... but the paper had jammed, and the printer had printed thru the paper and was happily printing all over it's carriage.

Also, I have yet to figure out how to set things like "don't print top and bottom margins" and other settings. I'm reading thru the IWII manuals now to see what the commands are, and trying to find stuff in the foomatic ppd file.

My NEW project is a DeskWriter 320 on my G4 upstairs, and also setting up CUPS and the server in general to allow for IP printing.. so I can print from anywhere in the world to me house, and some of my friends and print direct to my desk (read: Internet fax!)

The 320 isn't nearly so easy. LinuxPrinting.org is devoid of any info on DeskWriters. I THINK the drivers for the comparable DeskJets should work (Same language, PCL3) but HP isn;'t helpful on port speeds (56k seems to workish)...but not completely correct yet. It doesn't help that my printer has a problem feeding paper from it's desk feeder

~Marchie

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I have 14 of em, but no X to test em with.

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My NEW project is a DeskWriter 320 on my G4 upstairs, and also setting up CUPS and the server in general to allow for IP printing.. so I can print from anywhere in the world to me house, and some of my friends and print direct to my desk (read: Internet fax!)

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I wonder if I can convince my boss at the ISP to let me do something like that in the corner...

~Marchie

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There's an idea...

I wonder if I can convince my boss at the ISP to let me do something like that in the corner...

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Amen, an ImageWriter II would make an interesting fake Paladin chassis for a 6xxx, G-3, X and ThunderScan hack!

I wonder if I could shoehorn the platen and guts of an ImageBanger II into the Sharp with the 630 mobo?

Just add a webcam!

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Edited by - Trash80toG-4 on 07 Mar 2003 12:43:25

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