Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] Talking to HP Deckjet printer
From: Bill Studenmund (skippy@macro.stanford.edu)
Date: Sun Dec 28 1997 - 13:47:10 EST
On Mon, 29 Dec 1997, Frank Crawford wrote:
> I'm running Netatalk 1.4b2 on Linux 2.0.33 (bits) talking to a PowerMac
> (jc) running MacOS 8, printing from the Mac to Linux and file sharing
> works okay, but I can't seem to print from the Linux box to the printer
> connected to the Mac. The printer is a HP DeskJet 850C, connected to
> the printer/appletalk port and running the latest HP Deskjet 8000
> Printer Driver. It works fine from the Mac.
>
> It appears that the HP driver doesn't support PAP or any other network
> accesses on the Mac.
DeskWriters connect either directly, as you seem to be doing, or via
LocalTalk. If you are using a serial cable to the mac, then the printer is
in direct-connect mode. It won't support PAP in this case.
So your choices are either to run LocalTalk, or to run a program on the
mac to make the printer visable on the net. You mentioned lpdaemon (sp?).
Try playing with it. Though be careful if the program talks directly to
the printer, as it's not a postscript printer. You'll need to run
Ghostscript somewhere if you want to print Postscript to it.
Take care,
Bill
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