Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] linux + mac printer
From: jon@colossus.cs.wits.ac.za
Date: Thu Oct 29 1998 - 23:26:52 EST
better yet:
get localtalk/ethertalk bridge (on
ftp://macaroni.cs.wits.ac.za/main/mac/System)
install on the 475
open the control panel, set the printer to be public
network the two machines via ethernet
install and run papd on the linux box.
when it prints, it will look on the network for the printer
it will see the 475 *as* the printer
the psfile will be spooled to the 475 by apple's software, and print.
i do this with an old LW II f that i have.
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John Ostrowick
Computer Science Department, University of the Witwatersrand
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On Thu, 29 Oct 1998, Ray Zimmerman wrote:
> >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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