Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 16:24:59 +0100 (CET) From: Konrad Heuer <kheuer@gwdu60.gwdg.de> To: Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> Cc: Gabriel Mark Mains <gmains@damn-cool.net>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Printer sharing for Macs? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.31.0103011616190.18392-100000@gwdu60.gwdg.de> In-Reply-To: <000501c0a229$52979ac0$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>
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On Thu, 1 Mar 2001, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
> You probably will say Boo Hiss but if you want my opinion
> the easiest way to do this is to purchase a HP JetDirect
> printserver, either the internal card that goes into the
> 4MV or an external JetDirect EX+, both of which can be had
> for about $50 from Ebay, and will support both Appletalk
> and LPR on your network.
>
> >I am trying to configure Netatalk so that I can share my HP 4MV printer
> >with the Macintosh computers on my LAN. I have tried to consult the man
> >pages but I can't seem to figure out how to configure it to work. Does
> >anyone know of a place I can find an easy How-To or something to get me
> >started?
I think it should be no problem to make netatalk running - I do so for at
less three years now without serious problems.
You need to:
1. Recompile your kernel with AppleTalk support:
=09options NETATALK
2. Install the netatalk package or build the netatalk port.
3. Take a look at /usr/local/etc/rc.d/netatalk.sh; papd
has to be started, afpd not.
4. Edit the file /usr/local/etc/papd.conf; put something into
like:
hp|HP Laser Printer:\
:pd=3D/usr/local/etc/ppd/hp4si.ppd:\
:pr=3Dhp:
pd defines the full path name of the PostScript printer description file
corresponding to your printer, and pr defines the corresponding FreeBSD
printer queue in /etc/printcap. Ask your Macintosh users for the PPD file
if you don't know where to get it from.
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