[muglo] Re: Laser Printer setup

On 21-Nov-04, at 1:06 PM, Leith Peterson wrote:

> This is just off the top of my head, but I believe if you were to
> upgrade to 8.6 you would not have to install any printer drivers,
> because, as Tee said, your printer should be shown in the Chooser.
> It could be true of 8.5.1 as well, but I'm more sure of it for 8.6,
> because that's what I'm using and I was told by Apple not to add any
> printer drivers as it could mess things up.  I'm using an Apple
> Personal Laserwriter 300, so a similar model.

I have an update disk 8.6 & agree with the suggested update.

> Your OS likely includes different printer drivers, such as
> Laserwriter.

It always has until O/S X.

> You simply select that one in the Chooser and make sure
> Appletalk is off, and you should be fine.  Often the problem is that
> Appletalk is on; it has to be off.
>
> I would try the Chooser method first with 8.5.1 before installing any
> drivers.  If that doesn't work, then see if you can upgrade to 8.6,
> as I'm pretty sure the printer driver is included with that one.
>
> Leith

The above should work. BTW if need be I do have drivers, but if you 
have 8.5 disks they are all there.
TTFN,
TeeC

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