LaserWriters & YDL

[Keary Suska]

on 6/16/02 6:56 PM, malice@mac.com purportedly said:

> Trying to setup my LaserWriter Pro 630 (Using EtherTalk) on my PM 8550 running
> YDL 2.2. Once I get this working I hope to share it via Samba so I can toss PC
> MacLan. Anyone know how I would go about setting up the printer (if it's even
> possible) and if I will need any additional software? thanks!

All you need is Netatalk and Samba. Set up the printer via /etc/printcap
according to Netatalk docs, reference that printer when setting up a printer
share in your smb.conf, and voila--you have a cross-platform Linux print
server. Works like a charm, usually.

Keary Suska
Esoteritech, Inc.
"Leveraging Open Source for a better Internet"