Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] linux + mac printer
From: Ray Zimmerman (rz10@cornell.edu)
Date: Thu Oct 29 1998 - 10:00:10 EST
>I would like to use a mac printer from my linux box.
>My linux box is a redhat 5.1 and the mac is a LC475. The printer is a
>personal laserwriter 300 connected to the serial port of the mac.
>I can access to my linux disk from the mac with appleshare.
>Could someone tell me if it is possible to use the printer from the
>linux box ?
>If yes, where can i find some help, howto, ...
Here's an idea that might work under MacOS 8.5. I realize 8.5 won't run on
your LC475 (not PPC, right?), but I thought somebody else might be
interested ...
You could attach a folder action to a folder on the Linux server (mounted
on the Mac) which would send any files placed in it to the Mac printer via
Drop*PS or similar. Then set up the Linux box to print to a PS file in
that folder.
This is just an idea, I don't have 8.5 yet so I can't test it.
Ray
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