Subject: [netatalk-admins] papd, set up from scratch
From: Paul Krohn (krohn@examiner.com)
Date: Thu Nov 19 1998 - 20:28:49 EST
I spent a little while trying to set up a print spool on solaris, to no
avail. thanks to those who contributed scripts and advice.
Before i spend $500 on a commercial print spooler, i thought i'd take a
run at setting up a spool on linux (specifically, linuxppc-R4).
I've read man pages and readmes but sadly, none of these can impart to me
the concepts necessary. what i'd like to produce out of this would be a
stat-to-finish howto for folks setting up their first pap/papd/netatalk
printer/spool.
what i've accomplished so far:
1. created a papd.conf file that papd likes and causes a LaserWriter
device to appear in the chooser.
sloppy\ spool:\
:pr=lp-sloppies:op=lp:\
:pd=/usr/lib/atalk/ppd/HP_LaserJet_4_Plus.PPD
2. created an entry in printcap that i believe should work for a properly
set up print device.
lp-sloppies:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp-sloppies:\
:mx=0:\
:sh:\
:rm=spool:\
:rp=lp:\
:if=/var/spool/lpd/lp/filter:\
what remains to be done:
1. create a functional priter device (/dev/sloppies, or something) that i
can send a postscript file to, that sends jobs to the printer vi pap (the
printer in question is appletalk-only).
2. ideally, cause the printer to be 'captured' so that it's actual
appletalk name does not show up in the chooser.
3. some other stuff i probably don't even know about yet ...
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Paul Krohn
San Francisco Examiner Systems Department
110 Fifth Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
415-777-7884
krohn@examiner.com - www.examiner.com
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