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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!in1.uu.net!news.u.washington.edu!mac-pal.apl.washington.edu!user From: kargl@apl.washington.edu (steve kargl) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Network PostScript Printers ??? Date: Wed, 13 Sep 1995 14:32:07 -0800 Organization: University of Washington Lines: 38 Message-ID: <kargl-1309951432070001@mac-pal.apl.washington.edu> References: <roy-1209952146310001@adept.cts.com> <4371oc$bgl@CUBoulder.Colorado.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: mac-pal.apl.washington.edu In article <4371oc$bgl@CUBoulder.Colorado.EDU>, kelly@emu.fsl.noaa.gov (Sean Kelly) wrote: > In article <roy-1209952146310001@adept.cts.com>, > Roy Lovejoy <roy@adeptsolutions.com> wrote: > >Has anyone out there succeeded in the seemingly herculean task > >of getting FreeBSD to print via a Network (Appletalk) PostScript printer? > > I don't know anything about Appletalk, but I've done this sort of > thing before with some networked HP LaserJet 3SIs. > > If you can answer yes to this question, I can probably help you: > > -> From the FreeBSD host, can you telnet to the printer? <- > > If the answer's no, then maybe Cap or Netatalk is more appropriate, > but I really don't know. > Netatalk will do this. However, there seems to be some problem with netatalk and dropped packets. I consistently get the following errors in /var/log/messages ddp_route: oops I've located where the error comes from, but I don't know enough about network protocols to fix the problem. (It looks like an uninitialized pointer to me.) Anyway, netatalk will to the job to fix > -- > Sean Kelly > NOAA Forecast Systems Lab, Boulder Colorado USA > > The face of a child can say it all, especially the mouth part of the > face. -- Jack Handey