Subject: Re: postscript error printing to network PCL laserjet
From: Marc J. Miller (itlm019@mailbox.ucdavis.edu)
Date: Tue Mar 20 2001 - 09:58:23 EST
We had a similar situation with the PPR print queue. Our solution was to
use Ghostscript as a filter and have it process the jobs using the ljet4
filter so that it's converted to PCL. Our LaserJet 8150DN is okay with it,
and even allows us to control the duplexing that way (one wouldn't think
Ghostscript would bother converting the PostScript duplexor codes into PCL,
but it did). I haven't worked with the netatalk printing software, but
could you maybe set up the same sort of thing?
BTW, the 8150DN is a PostScript printer, but after talking to HP, we've
determined that the Adobe-standard PostScript being generated by our Mac
clients just isn't compatible enough with Hewlett-Packard's version of
it. That's why we're switching to PCL.
At 03:34 AM 3/20/01 -0500, j.g. ungar wrote:
>I've got netatalk 1.5pre5 built from source on my RH7 (well, it started
>out as a RH7 machine, now kernel 2.4.2) box working nicely, except for
>printing from my mac (OS 9.04 box).
>
>The printer is an HP LaserJet 6L (non-postscript) with an Edimax PrintSir
>Plus (PS-900+) 'pocket size' print server attached. The Linux machine
>prints just fine to this server via LPR, including PostScript (well, the
>RH printtool test page works fine anyway).
>
>My papd.conf is pretty minimal:
>
>ophelia:\
> :pr=lp:
>
>
>Unfortunately I can't print anything from the Mac. Syslog shows:
>
>Mar 20 00:25:09 anubis papd[19861]: child 20140 for "ophelia" from
>65345.119
>Mar 20 00:25:09 anubis papd[20140]: read_ppd .ppd: No such file or
>directory
>Mar 20 00:25:10 anubis papd[20140]: lp_init: lock: No such file or
>directory
>Mar 20 00:25:10 anubis papd[20140]: lp_open failed
>Mar 20 00:25:10 anubis papd[19861]: child 20140 done
>
>
>Hmmm. I'm not sure how to proceed in trying to get this working. At one
>time I was able to print to this printer from the mac, using Netatalk, but
>the printer was attached to the PC's parallel port, not on the network
>with a print server as it is now.
>
>Any suggestions ?
>
>
>
>Thanks -
>
>
>jonathan ungar
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