Re: PAPD and PPD files on Solaris 2.7

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Hello,

As far as I know there is nothing special to do about PPD.  Only one
point:  you should check for the linebreaks (those are ascii file).  If
they're Macwise (i.e. only <CR>) you should replace all <CR> with <LF>
(that is 015 with 012).  You can do this easily with tr(1).
Furthermore, you have to use LaserWriter 8 printer driver on the Mac.

Dejan

On Thu, Feb 17, 2000 at 04:54:58PM +0100, Erwin Embsen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 
> I'm trying to get papd communicating PPD info to Mac's. Can some kind
> soul tell me how to set it up the right way under Solaris 7? This is what
> I figured out so far:
> 
> /opt/atalk/etc/papd.conf:
> 
> HP LaserJet 5M (BIO):\
>         pr=| lp -d psbio:pd=/opt/atalk/lib/ppd/HPLJ5M_1.ppd:
> HP Color LaserJet:\
>         pr=| lp -d hp5c:pd=/opt/atalk/lib/ppd/HP__CLJ1.ppd:
> 
> Mac's seem to be able to communicate with papd on the server but printer
> info is only partially updated. Wrong language levels, built-in memory
> always show a question mark, etc... It seems that the info from the PPD
> is not used at all.
> 
> Help please,
> 
> 
> Erwin Embsen
> Network Services Dept.
> NIOZ, Texel - The Netherlands
> 
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