Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 19:17:57 -0500 From: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> To: "Eric L. Santelices" <eric@macpublic.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Macintosh Print Services with 2.27? Message-ID: <199905260017.TAA06475@nospam.hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: Message from Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> of "Tue, 25 May 1999 13:21:59 PDT." <Pine.BSF.4.03.9905251321280.13061-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
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Doug White writes: > On Tue, 25 May 1999, Eric L. Santelices wrote: > > > Is it possiable (and how) to setup a Postscript printer on the LPT port of > > my FreeBSD box and allow my macintosh users to print to it thru the network ? > > Sure. If they're running MacOS 8, you can use the Desktop Printer Utility > to create LPR printers. You don't have to install cap that way. :) Otherwise install /usr/ports/net/netatalk-asun/ and let your FreeBSD box be both an Apple PAP print server and a fileserver. The port is pretty simple, just "make install && make clean" then read the man page for papd(8) carefully. You'll need to download a PPD file from Adobe, or you can snag one out of a Mac's System Folder if you've configured that Mac to print on whatever type of printer you put on the FreeBSD system. Then simply start the daemons, or (for wimps only) reboot: # /usr/local/etc/rc.d/netatalk.sh start -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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