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To: Rishi Gupta who wrote (18021)	9/16/1998 12:16:00 AM
From: Sam Scrutchins	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213173

I went to Fry's, Micro Center and CompUSA in the SIlicon Valley in the past few days and search for iMAC printer solutions. Rishi, I went to CompUSA in Concord, CA last weekend and picked up an Epson 740 for $279. The same printer is at COSTCO for $259. I will get two more this weekend. At CompUSA, I also picked up a USB printer cable for $14.99. Set the whole system up and it works just fine, after downloading the iMac update 1.0 and the driver from Epson. Sam

To: Rishi Gupta who wrote (18021)	9/16/1998 2:00:00 AM
From: JP Sullivan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213173

>I went to Fry's, Micro Center and CompUSA in the SIlicon Valley in the past few days and search for iMAC printer solutions.< If you're in search of a printer for the iMac and have a slightly larger budget, you might want to consider an Ethernet-capable model. To connect the printer to the iMac, you will need a crossover Ethernet cable; of course if you want to connect to more Ethernet devices, you'll want to get a hub, which is pretty inexpensive these days. Caveat: I'm a bit rusty on my Ethernet connectivity, but I think the crossover cable solution should work. Check before you buy, though. Good luck! Winston

To: Rishi Gupta who wrote (18021)	9/17/1998 7:31:00 PM
From: Brian Collins	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 213173

<<Does your specialist know when the $25.00 USB-serial connector will be available for iMAC as you mentioned in message 17234?>> Sorry Rishi, That "specialist" was just trying to make a sale and was by no means a Mac expert. I took his remark to loosely mean that "there might a USB-AppleTalk converter, sub $50, by Jan. 99." A quick scan of the major Mac catalog web sites confirms your comments- NADA, Niente, Nyet, Nulla, Nothing! I solved my printing problem by trading my boss my Centris 650-4/80 for a C650-8/230 w/ ethernet, since we just donate the old machines anyway. Then I made an ethernet cross cable and connected the iMac to the C650, without a hub. Finally, added Apples Lasewrwriter Bridge control panel to the Centris and, voila, we can print directly from the iMac to the Laserwriter Plus (connected to the Centris). And it's a lot faster then printing from the Centris ever was! now color printing is a different story- the short version-get my wife's boss to upgrade her piece of junk Canon Bubblejet fax/printer to an ethernet enabled, Mac accessible version. Does anyone recommend such a beast?