mikec@wam.umd.edu (Michael D. Callaghan) (05/12/91)
Some questions regarding an A/UX 2.0 set up as an NFS client: 1> Can MAC applications see the NFS mounted directories? 2> Can MAC applications print directly to a remote postscript printer that's in A/UX's printcap file? Basically, I already have a UNIX machine with a PS printer, and I'd like to have a MAC share its hard drives and printer. I realize that I'll need to get an ethernet card for the Mac, but what other software will be required (other than A/UX)? Thanks, MikeC -- --------------------------------------------------------- Michael D. Callaghan, MDC Designs, University of Maryland --------------------------------------------------------- - Celibacy is a curable condition -
steveg@melmac.umd.edu (Steve Green) (05/13/91)
In article <1991May12.161032.9798@wam.umd.edu> writes: >Some questions regarding an A/UX 2.0 set up as an NFS client: > >1> Can MAC applications see the NFS mounted directories? Yep. >2> Can MAC applications print directly to a remote postscript printer > that's in A/UX's printcap file? There are 3 ways that I can think of doing this. I assume that the remote printer is on another unix machine that runs lpr. 1. If the remote printer is capabile of being put om Appletalk, do it and let AUX act as an lpr server for the other unix machines. This will allow all of your macs on the net use the printer as well. 2. Use cap lwsrv. This will also let your other macs use the printer as well plus its a spooler. 3. There is something on afsg.apple.com that will let you print to lpr from the MacOS side. However, I think that only this mac will be able to do so. (Unless you have other AUX machines that are also capable of running this). ftp afsg.apple.com:pub/aux.writer2.0.tar.Z >Basically, I already have a UNIX machine with a PS printer, and I'd like >to have a MAC share its hard drives and printer. I realize that I'll need >to get an ethernet card for the Mac, but what other software will be >required (other than A/UX)? You dont need AUX if all you want is the hard disk and printing.. MacPathway from Wollongong (sp?) is an NFS client and an lpr spooler. You could put the printer on AppleTalk and your UNIX machines could print via the Mac. It works pretty good so I hear. I think that InterConn (sp?) has a similiar product as well. Also remember that you may need a router in some of these solutions if you put the printer on localtalk. -- Silica gel -- Do not eat. steveg@melmac.umd.edu Disclaimer: If anything I said above is incorrect, never mind.
scfisher@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Fisher) (05/14/91)
In article <9105121837.AA01075@melmac.umd.edu> steveg@melmac.umd.edu (Steve Green) writes: |> |>In article <1991May12.161032.9798@wam.umd.edu> writes: |>>Some questions regarding an A/UX 2.0 set up as an NFS client: |>>2> Can MAC applications print directly to a remote postscript printer |>> that's in A/UX's printcap file? |> |> 3. There is something on afsg.apple.com that will let you print to |> lpr from the MacOS side. However, I think that only this mac will be |> able to do so. (Unless you have other AUX machines that are also |> capable of running this). ftp afsg.apple.com:pub/aux.writer2.0.tar.Z |> aux.writer tends to bomb on us and lock up Multifinder, and we end up loosing files. Right now, its so bad that if I brought in another Mac A/UX, my co-workers would string me up. I bought A/UX so we could easily share disk space and printers with our other workstations, but people are afraid to use it. -steve
davide@cs.qmw.ac.uk (Dave Edmondson;E208) (05/14/91)
In <1991May12.161032.9798@wam.umd.edu> mikec@wam.umd.edu (Michael D. Callaghan) writes: >1> Can MAC applications see the NFS mounted directories? No problem. >2> Can MAC applications print directly to a remote postscript printer > that's in A/UX's printcap file? There are two choices. A/UX Laserwriter by Ron Flax is a driver modified to pipe the print job to a Unix command which can be specified in the chooser. This is very neat but some people have had problems. The release of CAP 6.0 contains a version by our own William Roberts which allows use of the built in AppleTalk support on A/UX machines. This lets you run an lwsrv daemon which shows up in the chooser as a LaserWriter and spools the job of to a unix printer. This doesn't tie you to a particular driver but it makes the ownership of the print jobs "root" unless you come up with a scheme to start an lwsrv each time a mac session starts and kill it when it's over. See comp.protocols.appletalk for more about CAP. Dave -- David Edmondson ARPA: davide@dcs.qmw.ac.uk Dept of Computer Science Tel: 071-975 5250 (Fax: 081-980 6533) Queen Mary & Westfield College DoD#0777 Guzzi Le Mans 1000