Appletalk Zones

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huub

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Hi,

I want to use the printer connected to my Slackware server, and several source tell me to "scan" for Appletalk Zones with getzones. When I do that, I don't find any. So I go Network at System Preferences. There I do find Zones being disabled, but I can't find info on how to enable Zones. Any information is appreciated.
 
The printers are setup using apsfilter and lpd. From the other computers, I set them up like lpd://<server>/<queue>.
 
huub said:
The printers are setup using apsfilter and lpd. From the other computers, I set them up like lpd://<server>/<queue>.
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AppleTalk and LPD are very different protocols. For LPD printers (aka IP-printers), you need the IP-address or URL of the printer or print server. With that information, you should have no trouble using Printer Setup Utility to setup your printers.
 
Huub, you're assuming that the printers are setup through netatalk which they probably aren't. You might be better served just configuring the printer through LPD on the Mac as mentioned by MisterMe.
 
huub said:
Thanks. Got 2 printers working. For other (oldies) drivers lack, but ok so far.
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Two things:

1. Printer Setup Utility is a standalone utility which can accessed directly without going through System Preferences. You will find it in your Utilities folder.

2. For which model printers do you not have drivers?
 
For the HP DeskJet 660C I took 600C as a substitute, but for the Star LC-20 there is no substitute. On Linux I usually take an Epson 9-pin high or med resolutiion driver, or the Star NX-1001 (the US modelname for the LC-20) if available.
For the HP LaserJet 1100 and Epson StylusD88Plus I found available drivers.
 
huub said:
For the HP DeskJet 660C I took 600C as a substitute, but for the Star LC-20 there is no substitute. On Linux I usually take an Epson 9-pin high or med resolutiion driver, or the Star NX-1001 (the US modelname for the LC-20) if available. ...
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The Gutenprint package includes a separate driver for the HP DeskJet 660c. The Star NX-1001/LC-20 is supported by The Linux Foundation. Long story short, you don't need substitute drivers.
 
In which directory should the PPD driver be installed? I found a PPDs directory, but there are other files in there.
 
huub said:
In which directory should the PPD driver be installed? I found a PPDs directory, but there are other files in there.
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Apple provides PPD files for numerous printer models in numerous languages. If you have a vendor-supplied PPD file, then the Printer Setup Utility will install it in its proper location when you setup your printer. For an English setup, the location is /Library/Printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources/en.lprog/.
 
Thank you. Working.

Cheered too soon...the printing to the Star ends in error: "The process "foomatic-rip" stopped unexpectedly with status 2". Any idea what this means? I already recreated the print queue a few times with different settings, but without a working result.

Thanks.
 
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