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In article <1992Dec15.160310.20037@urz.unibas.ch>  writes:
> Hi netters
> 
> I just sucessfully upgraded to 3.0. Most of the things are running perfectly  
> and the system has only crashed once when trying to move a directory from an  
> external 2.1 disk to the internal 3.0 disk. (The 2.0 disk required 5 fsck  
> passes to be "cleaned" - but I have a full backup.) I even managed to get  
> appletalk to work and can share files with our macs.
> 
> BUT: I cannot print directly to the apple laser via (ethernet) AppleTalk. I  
> noticed that 3.0 has more configuration information files for printing than  
> 2.1, but I did expect the appletalk stuff to work. I installed and enabled  
> apple talk as mentioned in the docu. I created a new printer with the  
> printermanager application as given in the man pages to apple talk an if I  
send  
> something to print, it shows up in the queue and the lamps on the printer  
start  
> to blink indicating incoming data, but nothing is actually printed. The  
> EtherTalk <-> AppleTalk gateway is an old GatorBox. Printing from a Mac  
causes  
> no problems. Remote printing via the BSD remote printer system to the  
GatorBox  
> works!

Sounds to me like you didn't select the right driver in printmanager.  I know  
there are several drivers for different LaserWriters.  If you select the wronge  
one, information still gets sent, but the printer can't handle it.

Christian Smith