Subject: Re: AppleTalk HowTo?
From: BWS - Offwhite (brennan@offwhite.net)
Date: Tue Nov 28 2000 - 17:09:52 EST
Sharing a printer from an iMac may require a print server on the iMac. I
am not sure if that requires the AppleShare server for apple or not.
But before you spend the money on that, be sure that sharing is on for the
Mac. It would help to confirm this if you had another mac on the network
to see if you can see that mac. But with a Unix/Linux server you can
simply run "nbplkup" to see what machines have registered themselves with
the network.
So if you sharing turn on for the iMac and then also have the printer
shared you may be able to see the printer with nbplkup. I currently do
not have a printer connected to my iMac here. I can try it at home later
tonight.
Another way to attack this would be to get the printer to simply connect
to the network directly with an ethernet connection. If you can configure
the printer to run as it's own printer server you would have a much easier
job, but I do not think that is like for a USB printer.
I will try later tonight if you need more help.
Brennan Stehling - web developer and sys admin
projects: www.greasydaemon.com | www.onmilwaukee.com | www.sncalumni.com
Do you ever find it is easier to explain an idea if you put it into
Star Trek terms?
On Tue, 28 Nov 2000, Tobias Weber wrote:
> On 28 Nov, BWS - Offwhite wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> > My best guess is that you need to get the iMac to share that
> > printer. Then you can use nbplkup to see the name for that printer. It
> > may be possible to use the netatalk printing tools and documentation to
> > take it from there.
>
> I already managed to export the printer via "USB Sharing", but it
> doesn't show up in the Mac's "Network Browser". Don't iMacs see their
> own shares or did I do sth wrong?
>
> I fetched atalkconf, but it's lookup function doesn't see anything,
> either.
>
> BTW I found the HowTo by now (anders.com), but one has to be familiar
> with the protocol to understand that, too.
>
> --
> Tobias Weber
>
>
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