Stylewriter II on OS 10

Hi everybody. I'd like to resurrect my old Stylewriter II printer to my Gr Powerbook OS 10.3.9. Question: Has anybody done this and do the old drivers work under OS 10? Is there another, newer driver needed and available? Lastly, the only USB serial adapter I've seen is the Keyspan version at about $75. Anything cheaper out there?
Thanks.

Yes! It can be done. And there are two methods. The first is quick and easy, the second is slow, satisfying and geeky.
Easy method one. Plug the StyleWriter into the Mac using the Keyspan adaptor. Install the OS X StyleWriter drivers from this site:
http://cw.kolleegium.ch/stylewriter/
Job done. You can now print to your StyleWriter. Be aware that it only works with Canon based StyleWriters like the StyleWriter II - so you should have no problems.
Geeky method 2 - you'll need more than just a USB serial adaptor. To pull this off you are going to require:
1 LC ethernet card
1 LC Mac
1 Postscript RIP for Stylewriters. I recommend StyleScript.
Install the ethernet card and drivers on the LC series Mac. Plug the LC into your network and the StyleWriter into your LC.
Install the postscript RIP on the LC.
Hey presto! The LC and Stylewriter are now a Postscript printer and your OS X Mac will print to it quite happily. Okay, I know it's not very practical - but it is, at least, possible.

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