On Mon, 10 Jul 2000, BWS - Offwhite wrote:
> I am unable to get the printer to show up in the MacOS chooser. I am
> having many problems in general with setting up printing.
>
> My OS is FreeBSD3.4-STABLE and print is an HP LaserJet 5Si. I have
> netatalk-1.4b2+asun2.1.3 installed and it is working fine for everything
> else.
>
> I was able to print a plain text file to the printer with the lp command a
> while ago, but now it seems to be messed up again. I changed the
> ownership of the files incorrectly possibly. They were owned by root, but
> changed them to daemon:daemon as I read from some documentation.
>
> Here is my /etc/printcap
>
> laser|lp|HP LaserJet on AppleTalk:\
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/laser:\
> :lp=/var/spool/lpd/laser/null:\
> :lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:pw#80:hl:\
> :of=/usr/local/libexec/filters/ofpap:\
> :if=/usr/local/libexec/filters/ifpaprev:\
> :tf=/usr/local/libexec/filters/tfpaprev:\
> :df=/usr/local/libexec/filters/dfpaprev:
>
> The spool directory is set up and the filters are in place where is wants
> them.
>
> > ls -laR /var/spool/lpd/laser/
> total 12
> drwxrwx--- 2 daemon daemon 512 Jul 10 20:45 .
> drwxr-xr-x 3 root daemon 512 Jul 9 20:25 ..
> -rwxrwx--- 1 daemon daemon 34 Jul 10 19:39 .paprc
> -rw-r----x 1 daemon daemon 4 Jul 10 20:45 .seq
> -rw-rw---- 1 daemon daemon 32 Jul 10 20:45 lock
> crw-rw-rw- 1 daemon daemon 2, 2 Jul 10 20:45 null
> -rw-rw-r-- 1 daemon daemon 28 Jul 10 20:45 status
>
> My .paprc file is empty as it suggests my system does not need to specify
> the PPD file, so have left it blank.
>
> Is it obvious what I am doing wrong? Can someone tell mw how I can get it
> working? Do you need more info?
Your message is a little confusing. Are you trying to get your printer to
show up in your Mac's chooser, or are you trying to print to your
Appletalk printer? These are separate operations with regard to netatalk
programs.
Can you explain in general terms what you are trying to do? (i.e. print
to HP LaserJet 5si from a mac, through the unix server).
Glad to help, but I'll need some clarification...
Andy
