Subject: Re: LPR from Mac to Linux?
From: Samuel Rydh (samuel@waltari.theophys.kth.se)
Date: Mon Oct 30 2000 - 06:08:17 MST
>David Wagner writes:
> > When you configure the printer in the Desktop Printer Utility, make sure
> > that you put in the IP address or domain name of the print serving Linux
> > box. Also enter in the name of the queue as listed in the Linux box's
> > /etc/printcap file.
>
>Should this approach work with a local Epson 740 usb? I haven't had
>any luck. I used the 'lpr' option and 'generic' ppd in the Desktop
>Printer Utility. The MacOS local net address (192.168.1.2) is in
>/etc/hosts.lpd, lpd is running on the usual tcp port, and in general
>tcp is fine between MacOS and linux. Any attempt to print from MacOS
>tells me the printer can't be found (error -8885).
Yes, it should... However, it appears it doesn't.
I did setup a local lpd queue on my machine, but I also get errors
in MacOS. The line "protocol screwup" showed up in the log, so I think
the problem is the connection between MOL and linux - in particular
since printing to the lpd spool works from other machines in the
network too. (MOL can print to lpd spools hosted on remote machines
though.)
When I get some time, I'll try to analyze the network traffic to
see what goes wrong. In the meantime, I suggest using papd
and netatalk as a workaround (it is useful to share a local
volume via afpd/netatalk anyway).
Btw, I've got reports that the 0.9.53 version have problems patching
2.2 kernels due to a modifications in the startmol script (change
'else if' to 'elif'). I'll upload a fixed version later today.
Cheers,
/Samuel
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