Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 01:36:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Adam Nealis <adamn@criterion.canon.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Q: CAP60 - doesn't appear to work correctly. NETATALK confusion - can it do what CAP60 can? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9807240134080.23199-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <35B61BAA.AC07186A@csl.com>
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On Wed, 22 Jul 1998, Adam Nealis wrote: > OS: FreeBSD/i386 2.2.5-STABLE plus bits via cvsup. > > In my kernel config file I have added > > option NETATALK > > pseudo-device bpfilter 16 > > Aim: Implement CAP or netatalk so I can print direct to some aging > printers (a Canon LBP-1260 and an HP LJ 4Si) using Ethertalk Phase 2. Do > this by having a central UNIX lp spooler, that bungs jobs down the wire > to individual, networked, "LaserWriters". In effect, I want to do what > is described in the cap60/doc/print.cookbook example. > > Why: The NICs in these printers don't have LPD in 'em, but they do > understand ETALK Phase 2. Currently CAP is implemented on a SPARC 2 > running SunOS 4.1.3_U1, and I want to decommission it (maintenance bills > are too high and print serving is all it's doing right now). LaserWriter IINTX's? Or IIg's? > CAP60 so far: > I know it will, in principle, do what I want it to do. I understand how > to sort /etc/printcap to get it to work too. But... > > I've built CAP60 at Patch 198 successfully, and have /dev/MAKEDEVd > enough /dev/bpf??s (i.e. 16) to start aarpd and atis OK. However, when > I compare atlook or atlooklws between the SunOS and the FreeBSD builds, > the FreeBSD build is quite different. Basically I can't see anything > like the number of nodes under FreeBSD (16 nodes) as under SunOS (60 > nodes). Increase the search time with the -s option, I think; The Sun is probably keeping track over time and atlookws only reports what it sees in the time quantum you specify. > Netatalk so far: > I don't know if it will do what I want. The pkg_info page implies it > will, but there is a dearth of docs related to configuring for printing, > where the printer is remote. The examples I have found seem to imply > that netatalk will not ouput jobs spooled to lpd(8). I'm not sure netatalk provides the necessary printer filters to enable this. > /etc/printcap > and - or > /etc/papd.conf > > that describe how a job can be accepted via lpd(8) and delivered to the > networked printer via PAP? We don't have such a printer or else I'd have them. We have a IINT with a bitchy serial port. :( Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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