Subject: Re: Apple II LocalTalk Card
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
From: dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 04:46:20 +1200
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<pilgrimer@my-deja.com> wrote:

> >
> > Can you explain the pass-thru printer port a bit more?
> Yes please:  I have 2 //e's with network cards on my net both now
> booting from a couple of Macs running Appleshare ver 3.0.3
> but I am curious:  most utils I run against those //es see the WS card
> as a serial connection and I want to know: can I really also hook a
> printer to that other connector?
> 'Twould be cool to run a //e as a print server ;)

From what I've seen with my card, the only purpose of the second port is
to allow you to connect a printer to the card as an alternative to using
a networked printer.

The Chooser.II application lets you pick either a networked printer
(ImageWriter II, ImageWriter LQ or LaserWriter), or a directly connected
printer on the second port.

The directly connected printer probably behaves like it is connected to
a normal serial port, not through a network connection.

I would be very surprised if there was a built-in print server function.
I doubt that you could even write one in software, since it would need
an implementation of the server side of PAP, and I don't think you can
patch or extend the AppleTalk stack with the workstation card.

-- 
David Empson
dempson@actrix.gen.nz
Snail mail: P O Box 27-103, Wellington, New Zealand