Print Sharing between OS X and OS 9

In article <matty_d-BB4BCD.23575223082003 RemoveThis @duster.adelaide.on.net>,
Matthew Smith <matty_d RemoveThis @macxxx.com> wrote:

 > In article <dc83db08.0308222244.7dd1b091 RemoveThis @posting.google.com>,
 > danielgann RemoveThis @qwest.net (Dan Gann) wrote:
 >
  > > I've just added a new iBook to my home LAN. My USB printer is
  > > connected to an older iMac running on OS 9.2.2 (iBook is 10.2.6). I
  > > cannot get Print Center to recognize and add the network printer.
  > > However, from the Classic platform everything works like it used to.
  > > From previous posts it's not quite clear: am I simply out of luck?
 >
 > The only way to print is to save to PDF in OS X and then print the PDF
 > in OS 9. Printer sharing is not compatible between the operating systems.

If the printer can be set up as an Ethernet network printer, it can be
shared.

I've had an Epson C80, and now a C82, accessible to both my old G3
running OS 9.2.2 and my iMac G4 800 running OS X. I use an EpsonNet
printer server module that plugs into the parallel port of the printer.
It came with my old C80 (actually a C80N), and when the C80 was replaced
under warranty by the C82, I was able to move the server module to the
new printer.

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Matthew Smith wrote:

 > The only way to print is to save to PDF in OS X and then print the PDF
 > in OS 9.

Or have a look at <http://www.geocities.com/barijaona/print66/>. In case you
set up the MacOS X machine to create output in the printer's native language
(might be necessary to use GhostScript/Gimp-Print or wait until MacOS 10.3
is available) you can use remote LPR to print to the MacOS 9 machine...

 > Printer sharing is not compatible between the operating systems.

Who cares? ;-)

Regards,

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