1<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> 2 3<html> 4 <head> 5 <meta name="generator" content="HTML Tidy, see www.w3.org"> 6 <title>AppleTalk Support</title> 7 <meta name="GENERATOR" content= 8 "Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"> 9 <link rel="HOME" title=" LPRng Reference Manual" href= 10 "index.htm"> 11 <link rel="UP" title="System Specific Notes " href= 12 "systemspecific.htm"> 13 <link rel="PREVIOUS" title="AIX" href="aix.htm"> 14 <link rel="NEXT" title="Print Spooling Tutorial " href= 15 "tutorial.htm"> 16 </head> 17 18 <body class="SECT1" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link= 19 "#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"> 20 <div class="NAVHEADER"> 21 <table summary="Header navigation table" width="100%" border= 22 "0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> 23 <tr> 24 <th colspan="3" align="center">LPRng Reference Manual: 5 25 Sep 2003 (For LPRng-3.8.22)</th> 26 </tr> 27 28 <tr> 29 <td width="10%" align="left" valign="bottom"><a href= 30 "aix.htm" accesskey="P">Prev</a></td> 31 32 <td width="80%" align="center" valign="bottom">Chapter 3. 33 System Specific Notes</td> 34 35 <td width="10%" align="right" valign="bottom"><a href= 36 "tutorial.htm" accesskey="N">Next</a></td> 37 </tr> 38 </table> 39 <hr align="LEFT" width="100%"> 40 </div> 41 42 <div class="SECT1"> 43 <h1 class="SECT1"><a name="APPLETALK">3.4. AppleTalk 44 Support</a></h1> 45 46 <p>Netatalk is used to communicate from TCP/IP to AppleTalk 47 printers and vice versa. The Netatalk distribution FAQ is at: 48 <a href="http://www.umich.edu/~rsug/netatalk" target= 49 "_top">http://www.umich.edu/~rsug/netatalk</a>. Also, The 50 University of Melbourne web site <a href= 51 "http://www.cs.mu.oz.au/appletalk/" target= 52 "_top">http://www.cs.mu.oz.au/appletalk/</a> has additional 53 tutorial and installation information. In addition, Anders 54 Brownworth's Web page <a href= 55 "http://thehamptons.com/anders/netatalk/" target= 56 "_top">http://thehamptons.com/anders/netatalk/</a> has a 57 useful collection of information for Linux users.</p> 58 59 <p>The University of Michigan doesn't seem to be doing 60 anything more for <b class="APPLICATION">netatalk</b>, and 61 Adrian Sun has continued development. You'll find his updates 62 at <a href="ftp://ftp.cobaltnet.com/pub/users/asun/testing/" 63 target= 64 "_top">ftp://ftp.cobaltnet.com/pub/users/asun/testing/</a> He 65 has improved <b class="APPLICATION">netatalk</b> considerably 66 over the last UMich version. Documentation on <b class= 67 "APPLICATION">netatalk</b> is, unfortunately, almost 68 non-existent.</p> 69 70 <p>There are a couple of very active mail lists for Netatalk: 71 <a href="mailto:netatalk-admins@umich.edu" target= 72 "_top">netatalk-admins@umich.edu</a> and <a href= 73 "mailto:linux-atalk@netspace.org" target= 74 "_top">linux-atalk@netspace.org</a>.</p> 75 76 <p>After you have installed and gotten <b class= 77 "APPLICATION">netatalk</b> working you can use the following 78 AppleTalk configuration file to print from a Macintosh to an 79 <b class="APPLICATION">LPRng</b> printer.</p> 80 81 <div class="INFORMALEXAMPLE"> 82 <a name="AEN1657"></a> 83<pre class="SCREEN"> 84 Your 32 Character Printer Name:\ 85 :pr=|/your/path/to/lpr -Pprintername:\ 86 :op=username.for.printing:\ 87 :pd=/your/path/to/ppd/files/yourprinter.ppd: 88 89 Examples: 90 91 Student Printers:\ 92 :pr=|/usr/bin/lpr -Pstudent:\ 93 :op=root:\ 94 :pd=/var/spool/lpd/student/HP4000.PPD: 95 HP 2500c:\ 96 :pr=|/usr/bin/lpr -Php2500c:\ 97 :op=root:\ 98 :pd=/var/spool/lpd/hp2500c/HP2500.PPD: 99</pre> 100 </div> 101 <br> 102 <br> 103 </div> 104 105 <div class="NAVFOOTER"> 106 <hr align="LEFT" width="100%"> 107 108 <table summary="Footer navigation table" width="100%" border= 109 "0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> 110 <tr> 111 <td width="33%" align="left" valign="top"><a href= 112 "aix.htm" accesskey="P">Prev</a></td> 113 114 <td width="34%" align="center" valign="top"><a href= 115 "index.htm" accesskey="H">Home</a></td> 116 117 <td width="33%" align="right" valign="top"><a href= 118 "tutorial.htm" accesskey="N">Next</a></td> 119 </tr> 120 121 <tr> 122 <td width="33%" align="left" valign="top">AIX</td> 123 124 <td width="34%" align="center" valign="top"><a href= 125 "systemspecific.htm" accesskey="U">Up</a></td> 126 127 <td width="33%" align="right" valign="top">Print Spooling 128 Tutorial</td> 129 </tr> 130 </table> 131 </div> 132 </body> 133</html> 134 135