Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] Troubles configuring netatalk for printing
From: Stephen Lubbs (slubbs@blast.net)
Date: Tue Jun 22 1999 - 10:20:14 EDT
Hi Paul,
Thanks for the reply. I'm curious, where did you find the ppd files? I
haven't found them at adobe. The old links don't work any more. Are they
Linux specific or can you swipe the ones from either Mac or Win? Maybe the
lack of them is part of my problem??
Regards,
Steve
Paul Krohn wrote:
> 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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