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Rod Smith wrote:
> 
> [Posted and mailed]
> 
> In article <38AB517E.942DA3BD@clark.net>,
>         Tiny Human Ferret <klaatu@clark.net> writes:
> >
> > What I would really love to see would be something that would allow a
> > Linux-ix86 system to use the printer attached to a Mac box. For instance, if
> > I could send a print file (via Netatalk or something similar) to Mom's
> > Stylewriter (System 7.5.1 on an LC-III believe it or not), that would be
> > truly spiffy.
> 
> This already works. The pap program, which is part of the Netatalk
> package, can send a file from a Linux box to a Mac printer. The psf
> program can be used as a filter in a normal Linux printer queue to send
> a print job via pap.

Actually, I'm pretty sure it can't. It _can_ allow the Mac to use a printer
attached to a *nix box running NetaTalk. 

> 
> I don't know how well these tools work with non-PostScript printers,
> though. At the very least you'd need to have Ghostscript up and running to
> convert the file to whatever format the printer accepts. I don't know
> offhand if Ghostscript has appropriate drivers for an Apple StyleWriter.
> 
> --
> Rod Smith, rodsmith@rodsbooks.com
> http://www.rodsbooks.com
> Author of books on Linux networking & WordPerfect for Linux

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