gbass@zeus.dnet.ge.com (Jerry Bass) (01/07/91)
Can someone please tell me if it is possible (and how) to set up a Sparc 1+ to print to a printer connected to the Ethernet via a Dayna EtherPrint. Its no problem for the Macs on our network (obviously). We have SunOS 4.1, TranScript, etc. Jerry Bass Internet: gbass@zeus.dnet.ge.com
dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.com (Steve Dyer) (01/09/91)
In article <1081@brchh104.bnr.ca> gbass@zeus.dnet.ge.com (Jerry Bass) writes: >Can someone please tell me if it is possible (and how) to set up a Sparc >1+ to print to a printer connected to the Ethernet via a Dayna EtherPrint. >Its no problem for the Macs on our network (obviously). We have SunOS >4.1, TranScript, etc. Yes it is. I'm using a Sparc SLC running TranScript along with Rutgers CAP (with ethertalk support), a Mac IIfx, and a Dayna EtherPrint box connected to a TI Microlaser PS. The SLC, Mac and EtherPrint are all on a stretch of thinwire, and both the SLC and MacIIfx can print documents seamlessly. You need to get the Rutgers CAP distribution, build a new kernel with the Jeff Mogul ethernet packet filter driver, build and run the CAP package with ethertalk encapsulation. The application which talks to a an printer on ethernet is called "papif". This is my /etc/printcap entry: lp|lw|ps|postscript|PostScript:\ :lp=/dev/ps:sd=/usr/spool/lw:sh:\ :lf=/usr/spool/lw/lw-log:af=/usr/adm/lw.acct:\ :if=/usr/local/cap/ps:\ :of=/usr/local/cap/papof:gf=/usr/local/lib/ps/psgf:\ :nf=/usr/local/lib/ps/psnf:tf=/usr/local/lib/ps/pstf:\ :rf=/usr/local/lib/ps/psrf:vf=/usr/local/lib/ps/psvf:\ :cf=/usr/local/lib/ps/pscf:df=/usr/local/lib/ps/psdf: /usr/local/cap/ps is the following shell script: #!/bin/sh BANNERLAST=1 PSTEXT=/usr/local/lib/ps/pstext export BANNERLAST PSTEXT # pass the printer name and the arguments lpd passed us /usr/local/cap/papif -P ps $* Steve Dyer dyer@ursa-major.spdcc.com aka {ima,harvard,rayssd,linus,m2c}!spdcc!dyer dyer@arktouros.mit.edu, dyer@hstbme.mit.edu