LaserWriter Select 360 + 10.6.3 = can't install

How do I add the printer? It's not seen under Default, and I can't use IPP because I don't find an IP address.
LW360 is connected to ethernet via Farallon EtherMac iPrint adapter.
Setup is: LW360> PhoneNET connector> LocalTalk cable> iPrint adapter> 10Base-T straight-thru cable> D-Link Ethernet Broadband Router> iMac.
Is there a way to connect this printer, and if not, why does Snow Leopard include the driver for this printer on the install disk?
Note: Snow Leopard is on external drive. iMac internal HD runs OSX10.4.11

Won't work because it depends upon AppleTalk which is defunct in Snow Leopard. My suggestion would be to get a parallel based print server like an HP Jetdirect 300x. then set it up using HP Jetdirect Socket. HP Jetdirect 300x's are around on eBay. I paid $20 for mine and got my LaserJet 4MP working.

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Can't find a printer driver for LaserWriter Select 360?

My older G4, which I just upgraded from OS 9.2 to OS X10.3.9 (I was reluctant to leave PageMaker), doesn't have a printer driver for my Apple LaserWriter Select 360. It finds my Epson 2200 with no problems. I've tried two shareware programs. The first seemed to say that Apple Printer Drivers were missing and that it had reinstalled them (but I don't remember the name. I found it in one of the threads here). But there was no sign of the LaserWriter when I tried to print. The second program I tried was Pacifist, figuring I could just reinstall that one printer driver from the Panther disks. But I couldn't see it anywhere though there was two Epsons, Hewlitt Packard and others. I tried the Apple website, but had no luck. I know there is one because two other computers we have in OS Xs can recognize the printer. Is there a driver out there I can download or is there someway I can get it off the other computer I have that is in 10.3.9? It's really frustrating to have to transfer the regular stuff I want to print to another computer.
Thanks!! Jane
G4 Mac OS X (10.3.9)

We're halfway there...maybe! The printer shows up on the list, but when I try to print something (I tried an InDesign file, also a Word one), the computer sends the file and the printer starts, but then puts the job on hold (the green light on the printer never blinks). If I click Start Job, the same thing happens again.
When I looked at Help and found "Setting up to print to an IP Printing network printer," it said to "type the IP address or DNS name for the printer in the Printer Address field." I looked through my "User's Guide" and didn't know what that was. It wouldn't let me "ADD" the printer without one so first I typed in the whole name of the printer that was on the list below. Then it let me ADD, but not print. Then I tried it again with the word "home." Same thing, it added the printer but wouldn't let me print.
One other question I had was when I got to the Add Printer, IP Printing, I had to choose a "Printer Type." It was on LPD/LPR so I left it. I didn't know what any of the choices meant. Perhaps that was wrong.
Now that the LaserWriter is on the list, can we make it print?
Thanks so much, Jane

Can I get my Laserwriter Select 360 to work on my intel iMac?

I have a new Intel iMac running 10.4.8. I want to use my Apple Laserwriter Select 360 with the iMac connecting via an Ethernet to Local Talk bridge (Assantetalk) via my net gear router. The driver comes up in the printer list, but it comes up with an error -50 and won't select?
Is this possible to get working?
thanks
iMac Intel 24" Mac OS X (10.4.8)

It doesn't look like appletalk is an option when I go to network preference configurations- just Bluetooth,Built-in Ethernet, Built-in Firewire and Airport. The Apple Laserwriter Select is very old with an appletalk connection. Does the Imac have a port for that kind of connection?

Apple LaserWriter Select 360 and OSX 5.1.2 upgrade

My LaserWriter 360 has performed perfectly from Tiger to Leopard 5.1. After upgrading to 5.1.2 it would NOT print. The LaserWriter is connected to the computer with a Ethernet cable into an Asante box,and then into the printer. This has never failed for over 6 years and since OS X came out. The Apple LaserWriter 360 driver DOES exist in print driver lists in the Library. I Archived and Installed back to the OSX 5.1 version hoping that might fix my problem but it did not.
I have gone into "Network" and "Printer Fax" — tried everything with no success. I hate to part with this printer as it performs great when it was working before the 5.1.2 upgrade. Any suggestions?

Help! Apple advised me that there are very smart people here, smarter than they, who might be able to help me. I'm having the same problem getting my MacBook OS 10.5 to work (at all) with my Laserwriter Select 360. It is not supported (7 years) by Apple. It worked wirelessly when I first set up borrowing the driver from my Ibook. My household uses 3 ibooks with great success including the one I hoped to replace with my MacBook. After 5 months, and trying various solutions posted here, by some fluke it printed once yesterday.
Can anyone tell me where I can get a driver that will work wirelessly with my airport? Apple said I have a Guttenberg (?) default in the OS software, which is not visible in the printer library, but can only be plugged directly into the MacBook via an adapter. This would mean the rest of the Mac users in my home (Ibooks) would not have access to that port and I want to be wireless. I've read many happy reports here and hope someone very wise can help me. Apple says this printer never worked wirelessly. Somehow I completed all of my graduate education using it wirelessly so I have hope that someone here can help. I look forward to hearing from you and appreciate the time you've taken to read this request. Best wishes to all! Kim

Running a Mac G3, having been using a Laserwriter Select 360, but it and two others are now dead. What is the next best or better printer to use?

I am running a desktop beige Mac G3 and have been using a Laserwriter Select 360, but it an two others are now dead.
What is an equal or better printer to use with the Mac?

Hey, BD, I looked at Brothers last night in connection to this questiona and it looks like their newest/current laser print-only units go back to 10.4 but no further.
Brother is the best hope but the OP may need to look for an older model still in stock. For example, for our older Brother HL5250DN, they still show OS9 drivers:
http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public/us/us/en/dlf/download_top.html?r eg=us&c=us&lang=en&prod=hl5250dn_all
Gary, web-check for stores that still have older models on teh shelf. You can also look at "newer-but-not-new" and then use the Brother site to check for OS9 drivers.
Founds some of my model on eBay:
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=Brother+HL-5250DN
We paid US$199 for ours new about seven years ago. It's been a real workhorse and trouble-free. Well, except for the time my wife tried to feed it a odd paper stock that was not on the printer's official diet!
A Beige G3 consideration: The Big Beige doesn't come with USB ports. You must add a PCI USB adaptor card, and the ones that worked in the Beige are harder to find today.
However, the Beige has built-in ethernet so if you get a printer with an ethernet connector, you will be in bisiness with neither the expense of an extra adaptor card nor the occasional buttheadedness of USB printing. The "N" in our Brother model designates it as a network printer so it has an ethernet port. Many others do also.

Not connecting to laserwriter select 360

Hello,
I work between two printers. One is an Epsom color printer, the other is my trusty old Laserwriter Select 360. Suddenly the Laserwriter is not connecting. I connect through an Asante box and up until two days ago, everything worked.
I have tried the trick of disconnecting the Asante and then re-connecting, etc., but still I have no connection to the Apple printer.
Can you suggest anything?
Thanks!
Jim G.

Jim,
When was the last time you turned off the power to every component all at once and made a clean start? Try it and see if things reset or reload.
Next, have you tried removing the printer using system preferences and then adding it back in? We just added an older HP laser printer to our ethernet LAN but the printer had Appletalk turned off at its end. That was a menu option on the printer. Apple simplifies controls at the printer end on their brand of the same or similar printer style by giving you fewer controls. Wait. They give you none! While HP laser printers have extensive menu option controls on the printer itself, with most Apple printers the reset has to come from a service dip switch, a momentary reset like a CUDA switch on a motherboard or from a power off technique.
So, pull the plug, give it a minute or two to dissipate any charge in capacitors and then reconnect power. While that may sound like hokus pokus magic, that is related to another power discharge instruction for how to revive 'dead' monitors. Give it a try. Can't hurt and costs nothing.
Without special testing, you do not know precisely what changed from the printer working one day and not the next. So, try a reset.
The other response offers a good way to see if there is any traffic on the ethernet cable as evidenced by blinking LED traffic lights. Isolating each component is helpful and easier if you have more than one of something to test with as well.
Just some random thoughts to get you started.
Jim

New iMac can't see Laserwriter Select connected to a PC on same LAN-- why?

I've just returned to the Mac universe after a five year hiatus. When I discovered how well Macs play with PCs and Unix these days, I decided to come back.
There's just one issue: I can't print to my Laserwriter Select 360, connected by parallel port to a Windows XP Pro PC on my LAN. My new iMac doesn't see the printer at all. The imac does see the PC's workgroup in the Network Neighborhood, and I can mount the shared volumes of that PC on the mac with no problem, so the Mac can talk to the PC for filesharing, anyway. (smb:// address used)
Applecare has no clue why I can't see the printer. They told me to turn on Windows Sharing and Print Sharing, but that had no effect. The Windows machines on my LAN can all see and print to the shared Laserwriter Select 360, no problem. They're all running Windows XP pro, latest patches.
The iMac of course has the latest Tiger. All machines are on my internal subnet 192.168.0.*.
I just got a new cartridge for the Laserwriter, and there's no reason to retire it-- that printer works great. I just can't believe/accept that the iMac can't be made to print to an Apple printer! (Also, I've heard that appletalk->ethernet bridge solutions are flaky so that's not an ideal route).
Any/all ideas welcome.
imac g5 Mac OS X (10.4.3)

Here's the result. The PC is on 192.168.0.2, and the iMac was assigned .18 by DHCP.
I just tried adding a lexmark printer to the PC (over USB) to see if there might be some difference. The other windows box on the lan sees the LexMark same as it sees the Laserwriter (and both show up in the output of smbclient below). Needless to say, the iMac doesn't see the LexMark either.
Thanks for your help with this one...
will-kesslers-imac-g5:~ willkessler$ smbclient -NL 192.168.0.2
Domain=[WILLPC] OS=[Windows 5.1] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager]
Sharename Type Comment
My Documents Disk
IPC$ IPC Remote IPC
print$ Disk Printer Drivers
SharedDocs Disk
AppleLas Printer Apple LaserWriter Select 360
Downloads Disk
My Pictures Disk
ADMIN$ Disk Remote Admin
C$ Disk Default share
Printer Printer Fax via eFax 3.5
LexmarkX Printer Lexmark X63
session request to 192.168.0.2 failed (Called name not present)
session request to 192 failed (Called name not present)
Domain=[WILLPC] OS=[Windows 5.1] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager]
Server Comment
Workgroup Master
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Connect Select 360 to Intel iMac...

Hi -
How can I connect a LaserWriter Select 360 to an Intel iMac? I have an existing ethernet network, but the 360 has no eithernet connection on it. Is it possible to go from a serial port connection or a scuzzy (sp?) port to an ethernet network (i.e. is there an adaptor cord from one to the other)?'
If it is possible, will I run into a print driver problem (i.e..will the print driver for the 360 run on an Intel iMac)?
Thanks in advance for any help with these questions...
Da Kid
G4 867, Intel iMac Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Hi, Grant -
Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner. I got side tracked on some things that needed immediate attention.
As it turns out, I already had an AsanteTalk box on hand. After setting it up, I was able to "see" the Select 360 in the Printer Set-up Utility and make it active, but I still can't print to it.
I've checked all the cables and they are O.K. As for the AsentTalk box, it was O.K. last time I used it (a couple years ago), and if it wasn't O.K. at this time, would the Select 360 have appeared in the Printer Utility on the Printer List?
I think I'm further along than when I started, but no cigar yet. LOL
Any further ideas?
Da Kid
The LaserWriter select 360 is a Postscript level 2
AppleTalk/LocalTalk printer. Your Intel iMac can use
AppleTalk-over-Ethernet to talk to printers like that
one, and the drivers are built-into Mac OS X.
The missing piece is a converter or "bridge" between
the two wiring schemes. This can be accomplished with
a stunt-box (either of two varieties) or by running
Apple's free LaserWriter Bridge software on an older
Mac that has both Ethernet port and a round MiniDIN-8
serial Printer or Modem port.
The Farallon EtherMac iPrint LT or Asante
AsanteTalk are available used, and the AsanteTalk is
also available new. Most of these are connected with
PhoneNet boxes and phone cords, and a terminating
resistor is plugged into the last open socket.
There are also a few stunt-box variants on the used
market that use slightly different schemes, such as
ending in a Printer-8 cable connection. The only
disadvantage is that a box that has a printer cable
can only support one device, while PhoneNet ones can
support up to 8 older Macs and/or printers on the
LocalTalk side.

LaserWriter Select 306 Success Story

I would have posted this in one of the open threads but I decided to use a New Topic because it might be seen easier. The following got my trusty old LaserWriter working again under Snow Leopard.
After going round and round with different USB to parallel cables I ended up with the Belkin F5U002V1. My first few attempts at getting this cable to work failed. I have been following some of the topics here and on other message boards so I had tried everything.
By setting the DIP switch on the back of the printer to 4 and turning it on, you get a configuration page. On that page, it says that the engine in this printer is the HP LaserJet III version. So, I setup my printer as described:
With the printer off set the DIP switch to Zero
Plug in the USB to parallel cable
Turn printer on
Open Print & Fax preferences
Add a Printer using the Default button and it should recognize the cable (let it finish
Change the name of the printer to whatever you want
Bypass the Automatic setting and look for the list of printer drivers
Choose HP LaserJet 3 - Gutenprint v5.2.3
Close the windows
The printer options will be wrong but you can still choose to print manually if you have the single sheet/envelope attachment and want to use it.

I can tell you what I did to make this printer work.
The laserWriter Select 360 has three (3) inputs available, AppleTalk, parallel, and serial. I got a USB to parallel converter (I have Gear Head brand).
Set the rotary switch next to the connectors to 1. This will set the parallel and serial ports to Postscript.
After plugging in the adapter and turning on the printer, you can add the printer in the Print & Fax system preferences. It will show the model of the adapter, not the printer, but you can change the name to anything you want.
Preferences will install a generic Postscript driver. You will need to change the print driver to Apple LaserWriter Select 360 either fax or no fax according the one you have. This driver is available from the Print and Fax preferences.
This works fine for me and is much faster than AppleTalk ever was.
Hope this helps.

Laserwriter Select Printer won't print in Tiger OS 4.10

I have a PowerPC G4 computer newly updated from 9.2 to Tiger OS 4. 10. My Laserwriter Select 360 is connected to the computer by Asantetalk, which then plugs to the computer.
Tiger will connect to the printer and it seems to print but nothing happens. There are no errors either.
I have checked all of the cables and they are correct. Everything worked great prior to the upgrage.
Asante does not have any information on OS 4.10 either.
Any suggestions are appreciated.

I suggest you buy a USB-parallel adapter cable. Caveat - I'm not sure that will help. You need to figure out if the Asante or printer are at fault (by using with another computer), and next after that will be generic OS X fixes, like:
Boot from install DVD and repair the hard drive.
Download the Combo updater and re-update OS X.
Try Printer Setup Repair from www.fixamac.net.

Blotch on the printing drum of Select 360

I recently installed a new toner cartridge in my Select 360 Laserwriter. An ink blotch is showing up, mid-page, every inch and a half. I have gone ahead and printed out pages, hoping the blotch would come off on the print pages, but it persists after 100 pages.
Cartridge instructions warn against opening the flap or handling the drum. Any suggestions?
Thanks!

Jim,
When you replace a toner cartridge, you also need to vaccum out the printer. Some toner has fallen into the printer rollers and is being picked up by the paper.
The inch and a half measurement tells you which roller it is because they use rollers of a different circumference in different locations of the printer so a technician can tell which roller needs to be cleaned.
I am not at the computer that has those measurements but I can look them up. You can also check "fixyourowncomputer.com" for additional cleaning help.
I would start with a vaccum and a soft felt pad. Good luck.
Jim

Windows 7 Driver for Apple Imagewriter Select 360 Printer

Does anyone know where I can get a Windows 7 driver for my Apple Imagewriter Select 360 Printer?
Thank you.

Dear Carol,
You may try this to install the Apple Imagewriter printer driver with the Windows XP CD:
http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7hardware/thread/883d00df-bdf3 -4dec-b91f-524963ec81a7
Regards,
Novia
Message was edited by: Novia

Laserwriter select

I have an old laserwriter select. I also have a new iMac running OS 10.5.6. Can I download a driver to allow the laserwriter to work on the iMac and if so, where do I find the drivers?

Yes, the Asantetalk and Farallon EtherMac iPrint LT are the two most common Bridge devices.
The AsanteTalk does not re-acquire printers that drop out for any reason, so when experimenting, you must power up the Asantetalk LAST--after all other devices are up and operational, and the printer lights have stopped blinking.
Make sure AppleTalk is turned on for the port you use to eventually connect to the printer. You can run a cable from your Router to the AsanteTalk to access the printer from all your Macs. If you are connecting the AsanteTalk directly to your computer's Ethernet port, but not using the Ethernet port for connecting to the Internet, the port must still have an Ethernet address (assign one manually).
Use System Preferences > Print and Fax
and click on the plus sign to add a new Printer. It is an Appletalk printer, and if it is cabled correctly and ready, it should appear in under a quarter minute. It is NOT capable of LPR printing, so be careful not to designate it as an LPR printer-- that will not work.

Drop down menus on iPad, the first selection in the drop down will not load as a selection when using safari, what can I do?

Drop down menus on iPad, the first selection in the drop down will not load as a selection when using safari, what can I do? I use this for my mobile, on-site auto repair business and not being able to call up repair and diagnostic info and reference for some cars is troublesome for sure. It works fine on the computer and I have installed a remote desktop app as a workaround but it is unreliable because the desktop is not business dedicated and may be off or in use at the time. So is there a known fix for this?
Let me paint a more descriptive picture, visualize 4 drop down selection menus, first one is for year, next one is for make, 3rd one is model and the last one is for engine size/type. If I wanted to choose a 2012 vehicle it wont work because it is the top selection on the list. This can be forced by selecting any other year and then coming back to 2012. Ok fine, but then let's say I wanted to choose Acura as the make, well it won't take it because again it's the top selection. Again you work around it be selecting any other make and coming back to Acura. Ok now select the model, same trend follows. But now since most Acura vehicles come with dedicated engines and no optional engines I have only 1 selection in that final drop down menu and it will not take my selection and therefore never let me proceed to the info I need.
This is also true when ordering parts from my wholesaler's website, they use drop downs and I can only get to that last drop down and then I'm stuck. This is blindingly frustrating, what options do I have. I'm not opposed to any avenue at this point.

Did you ever figure this out? I bought my iPad last week to use in my business as well. I assume you are trying to use alldata? That is where I noticed this same issue. I had problems with identifix working with safari but downloaded a different browser and that works fine. Alldata does not work with either browser. The main difference is that on identifix if there is only one engine selection, it automatically selects the only option and continues to the home page. With alldata you have to make the selection manually even if there is only one option. Honestly if I can't get this to work I am going to return the iPad as it looses a significant amount of usefulness to men

I have a macbook purchased in dec 2009 with OS 10.6.8, i can't install Mavericks as it is not finding any place to install. It says it cant be install on the harddrive and i dont have any other option to select .. what to do?

i have a macbook purchased in dec 2009 with OS 10.6.8, i can't install Mavericks as it is not finding any place to install. It says it cant be install on the harddrive and i dont have any other option to select .. what to do?

imnyaar wrote:
... It says it cant be install on the harddrive
What does the message say, exactly?
Try this:
From the Finder's Go menu, choose Computer:
Double-click your hard disk icon. It is usually named "Macintosh HD":
Look for this folder:
If it appears in that window, drag it to the Trash.

LaserWriter Select 360 + 10.6.3 = can't install

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