Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] Troubles configuring netatalk for printing
From: Paul Krohn (krohn@examiner.com)
Date: Tue Jun 22 1999 - 00:53:37 EDT
i have had terrible luck with hp printers and 'standard' tools. the only
way i've managed to get this to work is under solaris, using the hpnp
utility from hp.
even under this (awfully proprietary) setup, netatalk only seems to like
the 'default' queue, and, for other queues, complains that there is no
such queue when you attempt to start up papd:
Jun 21 21:17:55 lancelot papd[861]: No such printer: sys-hp
Jun 21 21:17:55 lancelot papd[861]: printcap problem: sys-hp
Jun 21 21:17:55 lancelot papd[861]: can't register
systems-spool:LaserWriter@*
my papd.conf looks like this:
sloppies-test:\
:
systems-spool:\
:pr=sys-hp:pd=/usr/local/atalk/ppd/hp_laserjet_5m.ppd
both spools appear in the chooser, but only the sloppies-test spool
actually works. also, the command
# lp -d sys-hp file.ps
works fine too, so i know the sys-hp spool is ok.
what i concluded from all this is that:
a) hp printers don't speak 'standard' lp/lpr.
b) hpnp-/jetadmin doesn't set up 'standard' queues.
anyone had better luck, or know the secret for getting hp printers/queues
to play nice?
>Hi Folks,
>I am in the throes of setting up a Linux box (Redhat 5.2) as a modem and
>print server. Diald works reasonably well, and I have successfully
>integrated Win NT and Win95 boxes using SAMBA. The only problem I am
>having is in trying to get netatalk to provide printer services to a MAC
>running MacOS 8.5. File services work fine. The version of netatalk I am
>using is netatalk-1.42b2+asun2.1.3-4.i386.RPM and my printer is an HP
>5MP. I'm sure there's something about this that I just don't grok.
>
>Can anyone provide me with a clear and complete set of instructions on
>how to get the printers working? The Mac sees the printer, but when I
>print to it nothing is produced. I can see that the files were placed in
>the spooler directories, tho.
Paul Krohn
San Francisco Examiner - Systems Department
110 Fifth Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
415-777-7884 krohn@examiner.com
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