Re: Netatalk: job could not be printed--Solved
Here is the answer to my own question.
I posted to the linux-atalk list:
http://lists.netspace.org/cgi-bin/wa?A0=linux-atalk
and got an answer that worked.
On Mon, 6 Aug 2001 13:15:12 -0700, andrew morgan <morgan@ORST.EDU> wrote:
>I believe Potato uses LPRng for the printer system. You'll need to change
>your papd.conf file to:
>
>Deskjet:\
> :pr=|/usr/bin/lpr -Plp0:\
> :op=susan:\
> :pd=/etc/netatalk/ppds/HPDJ1200C.ppd:
>
>This tells papd to pipe the printjob to the lpr program (you may need to
>change the path to lpr to match your system). Otherwise, papd tries to
>place the printjob and a control file in the spool directory. It is much
>better to keep papd out of there.
>
> Andy
David Raeker-Jordan wrote:
> I have set up netatalk on my stable machine so that I can print from a Mac
> IIsi. "Deskjet" is a HP Deskjet 694C that resides on my debian machine at
> lp0.
>
> Here is the papd.conf file:
>
> Deskjet:\
> :pr=lp0:\
> :op=susan:\
> :pd=/etc/netatalk/ppds/HPDJ1200C.ppd
>
> I can choose "Deskjet" from the Mac, and I get no printing error on the Mac
> side. Here is what I see in /var/log/lpr.log:
>
> Aug 4 21:52:01 claire papd[29575]: restart (1.4b2+asun2.1.3)
> Aug 4 21:52:07 claire papd[29575]: register Deskjet:LaserWriter@*
> Aug 4 21:57:00 claire papd[29575]: child 29580 for "Deskjet" from 65280.1
> Aug 4 21:57:18 claire papd[29580]: lp_print queued
> Aug 4 21:57:18 claire papd[29575]: child 29580 done
> Aug 4 21:57:19 claire lpd[29581]: lp0: job could not be printed (cfA015claire)
>
> It looks like netatalk starts fine, registers "Deskjet," the debian machine
> queues a job from the Mac, but reports that "job could not be printed." BTW,
> the printer works fine from the linux side.
--
David Raeker-Jordan
mailto:rkrjrdn@epix.net
Harrisburg, PA, USA
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