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Date:      Fri, 8 Dec 2000 11:57:57 +1100 (EST)
From:      Carl Makin <carl@xena.ipaustralia.gov.au>
To:        Eric M Logan <ericmlogan@mediaone.net>
Cc:        STABLE <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Netatalk--printing from a MAC...
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0012081156390.75402-100000@newton.aipo.gov.au>
In-Reply-To: <3A302189.316D5FBD@mediaone.net>

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On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Eric M Logan wrote:

> to work from a Mac.  Printing is fine locally and from PCs.   I have an
> old HP Deskjet 855cxi connected to my FreeBSD box.  The papd.conf file
> is as follows:

> "Callisto:pr=lp:pd=/usr/local/etc/ppds/APLWNTR1.PPD:"

>     Everytime I try to print, I get this:

> %PS Adobe 3.0
>             %%Title:(untitled)
>                         %%Creator (simpletext :LaserWriter 8.8.6.5

Is it a postscript printer?  If not then you need to pass the print job
through ghostscript to convert it to something the Deskjet can understand.

There is a port called "apsfilter" that makes this much easier.


Carl.




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