On Thu, 6 Jun 2002, Jeroen Diederen wrote:
> Hi all there ! > > I succeeded in embedding my Apple Laserwriter 320 into the CUPS netatalk > daemon. This is what I did: > > I downloaded a newly developed pap backend script, written by Rainer > Ruprechtsberger, located at http://www.oeh.uni-linz.ac.at/~rupi/pap . > > I moved the file to /usr/lib/cups/backend and made it executable. > > Then I copied the Laserwriter 320 ppd file from my OSX system > (/Library/Printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources/en.lproj/LaserWriter 320) to > /usr/share/cups/model and named it aplw3201.ppd. I restarted cups and added > a new printer with the web utility. The Laserprinter is recognised now > automatically. The rest is easy...... > > So Stew, it would be fantastic to include this in the following Mandrake, > don't you think ? You could add all Apple printer models from the OSX > library and copy them into the /usr/share/cups/model directory. You can then > also add the pap backend script in the netatalk package, which automatically > detects the connected Appletalk printer. > I can add that script, barring any licensing issues, but I can't be taking OS/X stuff and adding it to Mandrake. (don't have OS/X anyway) I maintian netatalk, so I'll check out the script. Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 IRC: irc.openproject.net #cooker-ppc
