Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] Lost spooled print files.
From: Steven N. Hirsch (shirsch@ibm.net)
Date: Tue Aug 05 1997 - 07:03:18 EDT
On Tue, 5 Aug 1997, Andrew Croke wrote:
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> Good morning,
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> I wondered whether somebody might be able to steer me in the right
> direction to get my laser printer working from my Mac via my Linux (2.0.0)
> machine? Apologies if this is a common question.
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> I have exported the printer via papd.conf with something like:
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> HP LaserJet:\
> :pr=lp:\
> :op=apcr:
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> I can see the printer from chooser OK but when I print to it I get a 0
> byte single entry in my spool directory and nothing prints. The Mac
> eventually tells me that there is a problem.
>
My sympathies. I spent all day last Saturday working on this exact issue.
Turns out that a couple of things were necessary:
- Upgrade to LaserWriter 8. This implies that you must also upgrade to
System 7.1 or newer, though this fact is not mentioned in the FAQs.
- Do not turn off background printing. For some reason, my system
absolutely refuses to print over netatalk unless background printing is
switched on.
Give these two ideas a try. Good luck!
Steve
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