Remote printing to Apple Printer
2007-12-25 9:54:00
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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