Wallstreet w/OS 8.6 & StylewriterII?

any chance I can get these two to talk to each other? I keep getting odd messages saying "the port is in use by another App..Please close it and try again" I do have an icon on the menu tab but can't get the disks to reinstall the printer software.
Some message about system 7....
confused
ibook G3   Mac OS X (10.3.9)   also using a wallstreet G3 w/8.6

Is AppleTalk by any chance on? If so, try switching
it off.
Generally speaking, depending upon the operating
system, StyleWriter II, StyleWriter 1200 or Color
StyleWriter 1500 driver software can be used with the
SW II. If possible, use the Chooser extension
installed from the system CD. If absolutely
necessary, you could try the CSW 1500 software
available for download from Apple (here).
Jan
Thx Jan..I went back into my extensions and reactivated all the Stylewriter Extensions(1200,1500, and the CSW 1500 ) as I had shut them down some time ago thinking I no longer needed them....)I had left the Stylewriter II extension active but apparently the printer needed something within the other Stylewriter extensions to operate.
Now all is well in the world of printers.my worlds at least
Ralph
ibook G3 Mac OS X (10.3.9) also using a wallstreet G3 w/8.6

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