Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] problems printing win95-generated ps from linux
From: Sean A. Snyder (ssnyder@cecom.com)
Date: Wed Apr 08 1998 - 09:03:20 EDT
Dan Pritts wrote:
>
> hi all,
>
> i've got a strange printing problem.
>
> My setup:
>
> pentium 100 running alternately win95 or redhat 4.1
> netatalk 1.4b2 rpm binary distribution from ftp.redhat.com
> kernel 2.0.27
> also running afs on linux box
> last ps level 1 compatible postscript win95 drivers from ftp.adobe.com
> (the most recent drivers don't work with level 1)
> 7200/75 running macOS 8.1 w/ laserwriter bridge
> |
> ---> personal laserwriter NT on localtalk connected to pmac 7200
> IIfx running 7.something
>
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> If anyone's run into this or something similar, please let me know
> what you found out.
I ran into a similar issue printing from Win95 boxes to AppleTalk
printers. In my config, I was trying to print (via Samba) to
Unix printers that were connected to the Unix servers via
AppleTalk, by way of IPT's Ushare product. My config was much
different from yours, but it never hurts to try...
It's worth a shot...
In your Win95 printer driver configuration, select the PostScript
tab. The top entry, PostScript Format (or something like that)
defaults to a value of "Optimize for Speed" (or something like that)
in Adobe drivers. Select the "Optimize for Speed" pull-down, and
then select "Archive Format".
After doing this, "print" your win95 doc to a postscript file
using this driver, and then FTP it to your Linux box, and
then try LPRing it.
Let me know if it works!
Sean
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