SUMMARY: Remote printing to Apple Printer

From: Colin J. Wynne (cwynne@brutus.mts.jhu.edu)
Date: Mon Mar 30 1998 - 15:51:40 CST


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Many thanks to all the people who responded. There were quite a few,
so I hope nobody is offended if I leave off the names.

I originally asked how I would get a Solrais machine to print to an
Apple LaserWriter which I was told was `network only', i.e., not
attached to a machine serving as a print server. The responses fell
into a few basic categories.

1) A large batch of responses suggested I get either netatalk at

        http://www.umich.edu/~rsug/netatalk

   or Columbia Appletalk (cap) at

        http://www.cs.mu.oz.au/appletalk/cap.html

   These are both free Unix implementations of the appletalk network
   protocol, and would presumably enable one to run an Apple printer
   form a Unix box as though it were on an AppleTalk network.

2) A few people suggested that the `network only' qualification
   probably implied that it was set up a la HP JetDirect to be its own
   print server. The suggestion was to get the JetDirect software
   (which I already use on another network to drive some HP printers)
   from
        
        http://www.hp.com:80/cposupport/indexes1/netprn.html

   and try to tell it to run a queue for the Apple printer.

3) Someone said to install Sun's new printing software, SSPC. I do
   not know where I would get this, but I presume it costs money so
   this was never really an option.

4) I did not actually try any of the above, because the solution I
   used was so straightforward and easy... Namely, using Solaris' own
   built in printer spooling mechanisms. To make a LaserWriter
   `lw'---serving as its own print server on the network---accessible
   to the Solaris 2.5.1 box on the spool LW, I needed only do

        lpsystem -t bsd lw
        lpadmin -p LW -s lw -T PS -I postscript
        enable LW
        accept LW

   and everything was off and running.

Having only used JetDirect to drive HP printers before, I had never
really had cause to investigate the built-in stuff, and I was
pleasantly surprised to find out how easy it was to use. There was
one voice of caution that this might not work on 2.6, but I have no
means of testing out that claim.

Thanks again to all who responded.

CJW

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