HP Laserjet 5P and System 7.5

Heiko Recktenwald <me DeleteThis @privacy.net> wrote:

> Hi, got a new old used HP Laserjet 5P. Incredible what it can do with 2
> MB and the PC. Seems to have the same 120 greyscales like the
> Laserwriter IIg. Texts and pictures....

I still use such a printer on OS X Tiger, connected via an
Ethernet-to-LocalTalk box. Works great (although it is quite slow).

> The machine has a localtalk connection. Is this connection useless
> without the Postscript II SIMM (that would make the 5P a 5M) or is there
> any chance to print from the old Powerbook, that I still use from time
> to time, with System 7.5?

I think without the PS SIMM, it is quite useless for a Mac environment.
I did not test under X, but it seems you can't do anything with the
previous OS versions.

Print a test page to see whether the SIMM is not already installed...

However, these SIMMs were available on eBay for a reasonable price in
the past. I believe the model number is c3152 for this SIMM.

Christian

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Christian wrote:
> Heiko Recktenwald <me.DeleteThis@privacy.net> wrote:
>
>> Hi, got a new old used HP Laserjet 5P. Incredible what it can do with 2
>> MB and the PC. Seems to have the same 120 greyscales like the
>> Laserwriter IIg. Texts and pictures....
>
> I still use such a printer on OS X Tiger, connected via an
> Ethernet-to-LocalTalk box. Works great (although it is quite slow).


A pity, I trashed my old 72 memory SIMMs some days ago. People say that
more memory is like modem compared to ADSL.

Thanks,


H.
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