Subject: Re: Can't Share HP Printer with Mac
From: Jackson Damien (noveau@pmail.net)
Date: Fri Dec 01 2000 - 14:18:32 EST
At 11:53 AM -0800 11/30/00, andrew morgan wrote:
>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
How would I check this?
Thanks.
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