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Printing via EtherTalk to a Unix printer?

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From: John F. Whitehead
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 20:28
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We have a Hewlett-Packard IIIsi laser printer on the ethernet (via a
Milan FastPort).  Thus, we can print to it from our Unix boxes since
/etc/printcap can speak to it directly. 

We also have a GatorBox CS, which allows the Unix machines to also
print to LocalTalked printers (via phonenet).

Now we have a Mac with an EtherNet card.  I want to be able to print
to the HP IIIsi, but it (and the FastPort) can't understand EtherTalk.

So I would like to be able to print from the Mac by sending the file
via EtherTalk to the Unix host and having it forward it to the printer.
Of course I want this to show up in the Chooser...

What do I need to get this to work?  I got CAP, but I can't tell what of
it is relevant.  I don't need it to duplicate the functions of the
GatorBox, just to understand EtherTalk and accept a file and send it to
the Unix printer. 

Thanks a lot!  Email is fine.

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 ________________________________________________________________________
|   John      jfw@neuro.duke.edu          Duke University Medical Center |
| Whitehead   jfw@well.sf.ca.us           Department of Neurobiology     |
|________________________________________ Durham, North Carolina ________|
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