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in article 38b27e4a$0$780@personalnews.de.uu.net, Tiny Human Ferret at
klaatu@clark.net wrote on 18/02/2000 16:11:

> 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



I'm doing this...Well the other way round...

I've a Linux Box running Redhat 6.0 with an Epson Styles Colour 600 printer
on the parallel port and I can print to it from the Mac using Laser Writer 8
in the chooser.

RedHat has drivers for loads and loads of printers.

Hope with helps


--MacOne

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