68k hp printer drivers

Go to: http://www.adobe.com/products/printerdri vers/main.html look to the bottom of the page to mac printer descriptions. Find hewlett/packard. Or try this shortcut: http://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/pri nterdrivers/mac/all/ppdfiles/hp.sit.hqx

Just use the LaserWriter 8 driver, and make sure you have a PPD file for the 5000-series from HP. The PPDs are 68K- and PPC-compatible, so you can just grab one of those no matter what. The HP drivers suck, so trust me on this one - just use the Apple LaserWriter 8 drivers and you'll be quite all right. p

Yeah, I have the laserjet 5000 series at home for the past 3 years. It's fantastic, max paper 11"x17", you should never ever get rid of it. It's worth alot of $$$$$. The catridges are very expensive though ($375.00) To answer your question, always get the newest OS which is 9.2.2 or OSX. Once you do, it will have all the PPD's installed. I connected the HP5000 on a hub via ethernet, and it works like a charm. Update your system to 9.2.2.

Care to explain what good updating to 9.2.2 (or attempting it) will do on a 68K Mac, jperro? p

Hey, thanks for the info, but I have another question. I got the HP LaserJet 5000 PPD file, but my mac does not recognize the printer over the network. I'm not sure if I should set the printer up using AppleTalk or LPR. Is AppleTalk a protocol specific to Apple, because the network I'm using is Windows-based. Should I go with LPR and print to the TCP/IP port? I think I'm confused between AppleTalk and LPR. Please help.

Yep, use LPR. It'll be less of a hassle in your case. Just make sure you know the IP addy of the printer, or it'll be really difficult to set up :) p