Asantétalk And Os X; Apple File Services (Afs); Driver/Preference Conflict - Asante AsanteTalk User Manual

4.3 AsantéTalk and OS X
The AsantéTalk will work with OS X (and OS 9.2). You will need to
set your printer up by selecting AppleTalk devices in the Utilities/
Print Center/Add printer selection screen. Asanté has been con-
ducting intensive research with OS 10.x and OS 9.2.x compatibility
with our products. The following sections describe notable issues
and their solutions for using the AsantéTalk with these operating
systems.

Apple File Services (AFS)

The biggest change in the OS is to the Apple File services protocol
that makes some legacy devices (such as older AppleTalk printers)
unusable. OS 10.x and OS 9.2.x do not support Apple File Protocol
(AFP) over AppleTalk. Instead, they use AFS.
This change will cause problems when talking to workstations run-
ning a previous version of the legacy Macintosh OS, and devices
designed for operation with AFP. Some older AppleTalk printers are
not supported by the release of OS 10 (and this may be true of OS
9.2 as well). We have found that our office's LaserWriter 4/600 is
fully supported, but our older LaserWriter NTR is not functional us-
ing the LaserWriter 8 drivers supplied with the OS 10.x version. If
your printer is not working and you are using these versions of the
OS, then it is possible that the printer might not be supported by the
current release of this OS.

Driver/Preference Conflict

There is an apparent driver/preference conflict between the OS
9.2.2 and the AsantéTalk. The solution requires the removal of sev-
eral preferences in order to allow printing to proceed with various
printer drivers. In these instances, the printer can be seen from the
printer Utilities, but will not print. The problem can be resolved by
removing the following extensions:
•
IdleTime
•
N2MP3
Note: True Finder Integration Control Panel from Stuffit is
also recommended for removal, by Apple, to fully address
this issue.
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