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- From: csmith@blackplague.gmu.edu (Blackplague)
- Subject: Re: 3.0 AppleTalk printing and new acsounts
- Message-ID: <1992Dec17.144137.9401@gmuvax2.gmu.edu>
- Sender: usenet@gmuvax2.gmu.edu (usenet administrator)
- Reply-To: csmith@blackplague.gmu.edu (Blackplague)
- Organization: George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA
- References: <1992Dec15.160310.20037@urz.unibas.ch>
- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 14:41:37 GMT
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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
-