Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] sharing a laserwriter to windows?
From: Magnus Stenman (stone@hkust.se)
Date: Thu Feb 25 1999 - 11:13:21 EST
There is both a papd server and a pap client.
They both come with the standard distribution.
I use samba->lpd->pap so my PC users can print to the
ethertalk printers.
Mike Holling wrote:
>
> I'm sure this has been covered before, but maybe some better answers have
> cropped up in the meantime. I have a LaserWriter IINTX on a localtalk
> network, bridged to ethertalk by an SE/30 running LocalTalk Bridge. This
> works fine for the macs on ethernet. There's also windows and NT machines
> on the LAN, along with several unix boxes. One of the windows machines
> has Miramar's PC-MacLAN software installed. This machine can print to the
> printer, but will only share it over AppleTalk (makes sense, the Miramar
> people probably don't want you to use a single copy of their software to
> make the printer available to the entire LAN). Are there any free
> solutions available? Is there a PAP client in the works for netatalk?
>
> - Mike
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