Subject: Re: PAPD and PPD files on Solaris 2.7
From: Quant-X UNIX and Linux Support (lists@quant-x.com)
Date: Fri Feb 18 2000 - 09:54:27 EST
Hello,
As far as I know there is nothing special to do about PPD. Only one
point: you should check for the linebreaks (those are ascii file). If
they're Macwise (i.e. only <CR>) you should replace all <CR> with <LF>
(that is 015 with 012). You can do this easily with tr(1).
Furthermore, you have to use LaserWriter 8 printer driver on the Mac.
Dejan
On Thu, Feb 17, 2000 at 04:54:58PM +0100, Erwin Embsen wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> I'm trying to get papd communicating PPD info to Mac's. Can some kind
> soul tell me how to set it up the right way under Solaris 7? This is what
> I figured out so far:
>
> /opt/atalk/etc/papd.conf:
>
> HP LaserJet 5M (BIO):\
> pr=| lp -d psbio:pd=/opt/atalk/lib/ppd/HPLJ5M_1.ppd:
> HP Color LaserJet:\
> pr=| lp -d hp5c:pd=/opt/atalk/lib/ppd/HP__CLJ1.ppd:
>
> Mac's seem to be able to communicate with papd on the server but printer
> info is only partially updated. Wrong language levels, built-in memory
> always show a question mark, etc... It seems that the info from the PPD
> is not used at all.
>
> Help please,
>
>
> Erwin Embsen
> Network Services Dept.
> NIOZ, Texel - The Netherlands
>
>
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