Here is the answer to my own question. I posted to the linux-atalk list: http://lists.netspace.org/cgi-bin/wa?A0=linux-atalk
and got an answer that worked. On Mon, 6 Aug 2001 13:15:12 -0700, andrew morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I believe Potato uses LPRng for the printer system. You'll need to change >your papd.conf file to: > >Deskjet:\ > :pr=|/usr/bin/lpr -Plp0:\ > :op=susan:\ > :pd=/etc/netatalk/ppds/HPDJ1200C.ppd: > >This tells papd to pipe the printjob to the lpr program (you may need to >change the path to lpr to match your system). Otherwise, papd tries to >place the printjob and a control file in the spool directory. It is much >better to keep papd out of there. > > Andy David Raeker-Jordan wrote: > I have set up netatalk on my stable machine so that I can print from a Mac > IIsi. "Deskjet" is a HP Deskjet 694C that resides on my debian machine at > lp0. > > Here is the papd.conf file: > > Deskjet:\ > :pr=lp0:\ > :op=susan:\ > :pd=/etc/netatalk/ppds/HPDJ1200C.ppd > > I can choose "Deskjet" from the Mac, and I get no printing error on the Mac > side. Here is what I see in /var/log/lpr.log: > > Aug 4 21:52:01 claire papd[29575]: restart (1.4b2+asun2.1.3) > Aug 4 21:52:07 claire papd[29575]: register Deskjet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Aug 4 21:57:00 claire papd[29575]: child 29580 for "Deskjet" from 65280.1 > Aug 4 21:57:18 claire papd[29580]: lp_print queued > Aug 4 21:57:18 claire papd[29575]: child 29580 done > Aug 4 21:57:19 claire lpd[29581]: lp0: job could not be printed > (cfA015claire) > > It looks like netatalk starts fine, registers "Deskjet," the debian machine > queues a job from the Mac, but reports that "job could not be printed." BTW, > the printer works fine from the linux side. -- David Raeker-Jordan mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Harrisburg, PA, USA