From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Dec 7 16:58:39 2000 From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 7 16:58:37 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from pericles.IPAustralia.gov.au (pericles.IPAustralia.gov.au [202.14.186.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 681A537B400 for ; Thu, 7 Dec 2000 16:58:35 -0800 (PST) Received: (from smap@localhost) by pericles.IPAustralia.gov.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) id LAA82011; Fri, 8 Dec 2000 11:58:19 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from carl@xena.ipaustralia.gov.au) Received: from newton.aipo.gov.au(10.0.100.18) by pericles.IPAustralia.gov.au via smap (V2.0) id xma082003; Fri, 8 Dec 00 11:57:59 +1100 Received: from localhost (carl@localhost) by newton.aipo.gov.au (8.11.1/8.11.0) with ESMTP id eB80vvh75431; Fri, 8 Dec 2000 11:57:59 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from carl@xena.ipaustralia.gov.au) X-Authentication-Warning: newton.aipo.gov.au: carl owned process doing -bs Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 11:57:57 +1100 (EST) From: Carl Makin X-Sender: carl@newton.aipo.gov.au To: Eric M Logan Cc: STABLE Subject: Re: Netatalk--printing from a MAC... In-Reply-To: <3A302189.316D5FBD@mediaone.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message