Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] HP III Text Printer
From: David Perry (deperry@nerosworld.com)
Date: Fri Feb 27 1998 - 20:25:05 EST
Robert,
YOu reference this as a text printer then as a postscript printer. The
mac expects networked printers (those that are available through the
laserwriter driver in the chooser) to be postscript devices, so we will
look that way.
The ppd for a printer should be located on each client macintosh in
:System Folder:Extentions:Printer Descriptions:
Pick the laserwriter (version 8.5.x is current) from the chooser, then
click SETUP. If the printer (or print spooler) provided an intelligent
response, the mac would auto-select the correct ppd. From there if it has
not setup all the advanced options such as multilple trays, installed
memory, there will be another button available if you click SETUP again.
For the mac to be able to find the correct PPD it needs to have to
correct name. This would be either the mac name or the short pc name,
both of which can be found if your browse the ppd with a text editor.
Hope this helps.
David Perry
On Thu, 26 Feb 1998, Robert J. Marinchick wrote:
> Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 08:43:22 -0500 (EST)
> From: Robert J. Marinchick <rjm8m@majink1.itc.virginia.edu>
> To: netatalk-admins@umich.edu
> Subject: [netatalk-admins] HP III Text Printer
>
> Hi,
>
> I've got Netatalk running on a Solaris IPC using 2.6.
>
> We've got a HPIII Text Printer sitting out on our network that we would
> like to use as an Appletalk printer. Can we use this printer to print Mac
> output if we have the correct .ppd file?
>
> The documentation "How to setup the printer using Appletalk" implies that
> we can set this up as a locally attached printer (which seem to work, I
> can print Post Script code on that printer).
>
> How do I setup the .ppd file? The documentation shows the .ppd resident
> in a Unix directory. When I read the documentation at the Adobe URL it
> looks as if it belongs on the Mac.
>
> Will this printer work with the proper .ppd, and how would I set it up?
>
> All comments are appreciated.
>
> Bob Marinchick
> rjm8m@Virginia.Edu
>
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