On 7/6/02 00:03, "Stew Benedict" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 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 I think you can add this ppd file, look here: *PPD-Adobe: "4.2" *% Adobe Systems PostScript(R) Printer Description File *% Copyright 1987-1996 Adobe Systems Incorporated and *% Apple Computer Incorporated. *% All Rights Reserved. *% Permission is granted for redistribution of this file as *% long as this copyright notice is intact and the contents *% of the file is not altered in any way from its original form. *% End of Copyright statement It is the beginning of the laserwriter 320 file...interested ? ------------------------------------------ Best regards, Jeroen Diederen http://diederen.demon.nl
