Subject: Re: Can't Share HP Printer with Mac
From: andrew morgan (morgan@orst.edu)
Date: Thu Nov 30 2000 - 14:53:54 EST
On Thu, 30 Nov 2000, Jackson Damien wrote:
> At 4:48 PM -0800 11/29/00, andrew morgan wrote:
> >On Wed, 29 Nov 2000, Jackson Damien wrote:
> >
> >> Hello!
> >>
> >> I have a setup a Linux Box running Redhat 7.0 and
> >> Netatalk-1.4.99-0.20001108mdk. I have set up a connection to the
> >> network printer downstairs (an HP LaserJet 5M) successfully and able
> >> to print to it. I have also set up Samba and have been able to share
> >> it with my two PC's and successfully print to it.
> >>
> >> I set up Netatalk and was able to print two files successfully.
> >> After I set up Samba however, I cannot get it to print anymore. When
> >> I choose the printer the chooser there is a spool icon that wasn't
> >> there before, and I can't get rid of.
> >>
> >> I have turned AppleTalk off and back on, and cleared the Linux print
> >> queue, as well as set up other printer. They all now have the same
> >> problem.
> >>
> >> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> >What does your papd.conf file look like?
>
> Here it is:
>
> Mac Print:\
> :pr=|/usr/bin/lpr -P printer-laser -h:
>
> Actually I have been able to print again, but not from everything. I
> can print from IE 5.0 on my Mac for example, but not Eudora 5 or a
> text selection in BetterTelnet.
>
> When I try to print however, everything spools to the printer the
> exact same way. It's just from certain programs nothing comes out.
Hmmm, everything looks okay in your papd.conf setup. You might check to
make sure that you are printing in ascii instead of binary in each
program. Printing in binary can cause problems in papd sometimes. I
don't know why any of this would be related to samba though.
Andy
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