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Problems connecting to a Macintosh workstation
Use the Macintosh chooser level drivers provided by our third-party developers. These
drivers generally provide their own cable or parallel cards. One of these drivers is
PowerPlot by GDT Softworks (refer to the Software Support Matrix). This is a raster
driver similar to MacPlot Raster, but it includes a cable that converts serial to parallel.
This cable is connected to the Macintosh's printer port (serial) and to the printer's
parallel port.
Parallel Connection
Use the Creative Solutions Centronics board which is available from a Macintosh
computer store.
No output when printing from Unix
If you encounter "no output" problems when printing from Unix, try the following:
1. Check the printer hardware.
• Check that the printer is plugged in and turned on.
• Check that the cable is connected to the port on the printer and the port on the
workstation or server.
• Check that the cable is the correct cable and is not defective.
• If the printer is connected to a serial port, make sure the cable supports
hardware flow control. A NULL modem adapter needs to support this.
• Check that hardware switches for the port are correctly set.
• Run the demo print available from Utility Menu/Service Menu/Test Print to
assure that the printer is functioning.
2. Verify network connections.
•
On a print client or server, type ping system-name and press Return. This
command checks that the network link between the print server and print
client is set up correctly.
If the message says the system is alive, the network is functioning. The
message also tells you that either a naming service or the local /etc/hosts file
has translated the host (system) name entered into an IP address. If it hasn't,
you must enter the IP address.
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