Subject: Re: Can't Share HP Printer with Mac
From: Jackson Damien (noveau@pmail.net)
Date: Mon Dec 04 2000 - 20:35:08 EST
At 8:12 PM +0000 12/4/00, Mike Johnson wrote:
>I hope he's not trying to use a laserWriter printer on the mac for his HP
>printer!
Actually yes I am. I pick LaserWriter 8 in the Chooser, and then
pick LaserJet 5M (the model of the printer) by after clicking on the
setup button. Is there something else I should be using?
>I don't know what model of printer we're talking about, but it sounds
>like a newer hp. I'm also guessing that plain text will print just fine,
>but anything resembling an image either prints nothing or prints an error
>message.
Images seem to print just fine, as does text. Everything seems to
spool the same way to the printer, just sometimes nothing comes out.
>If I'm right and it is a newer printer model, I'm sure it uses
>postscript. In such a case, you really don't want to use the laserWriter
>driver. Instead, head to www.adobe.com and hit the site map button at the
>top. Find and download the universal postscript driver for the mac on
>that page.
I'll try it out and let you know. So far it seems to be working much
better. I used the HP 5m printer description file. Should that be
ok?
>Now when you go to the chooser, there will be a laserWriter looking thing
>with a big A on it. Click on it and your netatalk printer should be
>there. When you hit "setup" the chooser application tries to get the
>printer postscript level (levels one through three) from the netatalk
>server.
>
>If it still doesn't work, or the printer doesn't support postscript, hit
>me back with an email -- I have a few other tricks up my sleeve.
>
>- Mike Johnson
>
>
>
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
>
>On 12/1/00, 2:53:47 PM, Crystal <cmorillo@kinkaid.org> wrote regarding Re:
>Can't Share HP Printer with Mac:
>
>
>> on 11/30/00 12:27 PM, Jackson Damien at noveau@pmail.net wrote:
>
>> > 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.
>> >
>> > Thanks.
>> >
>> Hi Jackson,
>
>> Have you tried trashing the Mac printing preference and re-setting up the
>> printer from the Mac side? You are looking for a file called "LaserWriter
>8
>> prefs" in system Folder:Preferences:Printing Prefs.
>
>> C.
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