Subject: Re: AppleTalk HowTo?
From: SF Karel (karelsf@brandeis.edu)
Date: Fri Dec 01 2000 - 07:52:57 EST
Another possibility is to run LPD on the Mac. There was an announcement
of a freeware LPD port on http://www.versiontracker.com/ this morning. I
haven't had time or need to try it out, but it might work for you. See:
http://www.geocities.com/barijaona/print66.html
quote:
>
> Print66 is a utility that implements the Berkeley Line Printer Protocols on the Macintosh. It normally spools files sent from a remote host (for instance an Unix machine) and sends them to a LaserWriter on the Mac
> network, a Serial printer or an USB printer. It can also be used to print any file to a Laserwriter printer.
>
> Print66 should run under System 7 and requires MacTCP or OpenTransport TCP/IP.
>
> Print66 is a quick port from the lpDaemon program originally written by Casper Boon in Think C. The lpDaemon version 3.3.2 sources have been ported to Metrowerks CodeWarrior environment and have been
> recompiled. Some parts of the code have been rewritten due to the change of environment and the evolutions of Mac Headers, and I corrected a few bugs (and may have inadvertently added new ones :-) ).
>
> I did this work because I wanted to print some AS/400 print files on a printer connected directly to my desktop Macintosh. The possibility to print to a serial port or USB printer appears nowadays more interesting
> than the use of AppleTalk, because many modern network printers already handle directly TCP/IP and LPR/LPD, and most of my work focused on serial print.
>
Tobias Weber wrote:
>
> I didn't find the "Desktop Printer Utility", but I want to print *to*
> the Mac and not from there to lpr. And there is no USB Sharing on my
> linux system, neither do I have access to another Mac to check if the
> printer was exported correctly.
>
> > http://asu.info.apple.com/swupdates.nsf/artnum/n11726
>
> According to this page the USB Printer Sharing goes directly via tcp and
> that AppleTalk was not supported. Can I use it with netatalk?
>
> The documentation is a little dubious as to whether "AppleTalk" refers
> to transport or application layer of the network, i.e. is a replacement
> for tcp or runs on top of it.
>
> Also on that page: "Plug-in Adapters are not supported". It's a parallel
> printer with the original HP Adaptor Kit, and on Apple's Compatibility
> List for the Sharing Package. Hmm...
>
> --
> Tobias Weber
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