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appletalk_printserver_macos_and_osx [2017/06/30 17:53] mabamappletalk_printserver_macos_and_osx [2018/05/29 10:55] – [CUPS configuration and PAP backend] mabam
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 ==== CUPS configuration and PAP backend ==== ==== CUPS configuration and PAP backend ====
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-In order to print to an AppleTalk printer from a modern network, we install a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AppleTalk#Printer_Access_Protocol|PAP]] backend and have [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CUPS|CUPS]] share the printer.((If you want to do it the other way around -- share a non-AppleTalk printer to a classic Macintosh computer or emulator, see https://www.reddit.com/r/VintageApple/comments/63xrvc/how_i_got_my_se30_to_print_to_a_cheapo_laser/ (thanks to [[http://emaculation.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=56371#p56371|adespoton]]).)) This guide describes how to do that for a PostScript printer.+In order to print to an AppleTalk printer from a modern network, we install a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AppleTalk#Printer_Access_Protocol|PAP]] backend and have [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CUPS|CUPS]] share the printer.((If you want to do it the other way around -- share a non-AppleTalk printer to a classic Macintosh computer or emulator, see https://www.reddit.com/r/VintageApple/comments/63xrvc/how_i_got_my_se30_to_print_to_a_cheapo_laser/ (thanks to [[http://emaculation.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=56371#p56371|adespoton]]). Or see [[https://emaculation.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=58696#p58643| this forum topic]] on how KnuddlMac did that.)) This guide describes how to do that for a PostScript printer.
  
 Change to your home folder and download the archive containing the PAP backend((There are at least three other PAP backends available on the net (Duncan Gibb [based on Rupi]: [[ftp://saf.bio.caltech.edu/pub/software/linux_or_unix_tools/pap|download]] · [[http://saf.bio.caltech.edu/pub/software/linux_or_unix_tools/pap_backend_with_cups.txt|instructions]] · [[http://www.openprinting.org/printer/Apple/Apple-LaserWriter_Pro_630|info]] · [[http://web.archive.org/web/20030814084608/http://vt.oeh.uni-linz.ac.at:80/~rupi/pap/|Rupi's original]] [info] · [[ftp://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/Mandriva/official/9.1/SRPMS/cups-1.1.19-0.5mdk.src.rpm|archive with Rupi's backend and docu]] [next to other stuff] | Derrik Pates: [[https://sourceforge.net/p/netatalk/mailman/attachment/1057229915.3f040c5b6eb9a%40www.dsdk12.net/1/|download]] · [[https://sourceforge.net/p/netatalk/mailman/message/12429430/|description]] · [[http://www.philippwesche.org/200811/doc/apple_talk_print.html|setup 1]] · [[http://www.topoftheworld.org/linux/laserwriterIIg_cups.htm|setup 2]] | SRZ Berlin: [[http://web.archive.org/web/20050514184744/http://www.srz.de/Members/bla/cups/backend/pap/|download and description]]), but the one from Thomas Kaiser is the most advanced and automated one. The original can be found [[https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fkaiser-edv.rexdev.de%2Fde%2Ftipps-und-tricks%2Fcups%2Fappletalk-backend.html&sandbox=1|here]]. To meet the development status of today's Linux systems, emaculation.com is hosting an updated version that is downloaded and installed with the following entries.)) there: Change to your home folder and download the archive containing the PAP backend((There are at least three other PAP backends available on the net (Duncan Gibb [based on Rupi]: [[ftp://saf.bio.caltech.edu/pub/software/linux_or_unix_tools/pap|download]] · [[http://saf.bio.caltech.edu/pub/software/linux_or_unix_tools/pap_backend_with_cups.txt|instructions]] · [[http://www.openprinting.org/printer/Apple/Apple-LaserWriter_Pro_630|info]] · [[http://web.archive.org/web/20030814084608/http://vt.oeh.uni-linz.ac.at:80/~rupi/pap/|Rupi's original]] [info] · [[ftp://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/Mandriva/official/9.1/SRPMS/cups-1.1.19-0.5mdk.src.rpm|archive with Rupi's backend and docu]] [next to other stuff] | Derrik Pates: [[https://sourceforge.net/p/netatalk/mailman/attachment/1057229915.3f040c5b6eb9a%40www.dsdk12.net/1/|download]] · [[https://sourceforge.net/p/netatalk/mailman/message/12429430/|description]] · [[http://www.philippwesche.org/200811/doc/apple_talk_print.html|setup 1]] · [[http://www.topoftheworld.org/linux/laserwriterIIg_cups.htm|setup 2]] | SRZ Berlin: [[http://web.archive.org/web/20050514184744/http://www.srz.de/Members/bla/cups/backend/pap/|download and description]]), but the one from Thomas Kaiser is the most advanced and automated one. The original can be found [[https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fkaiser-edv.rexdev.de%2Fde%2Ftipps-und-tricks%2Fcups%2Fappletalk-backend.html&sandbox=1|here]]. To meet the development status of today's Linux systems, emaculation.com is hosting an updated version that is downloaded and installed with the following entries.)) there:
-<code>cd sudo wget http://www.emaculation.com/pap_tkaiser_v0.1.4.tgz</code>+<code>cdsudo wget http://www.emaculation.com/pap_tkaiser_v0.1.4.tgz</code>
 Extract the downloaded archive: Extract the downloaded archive:
 <code>tar -xvzf pap_tkaiser_v0.1.4.tgz</code> <code>tar -xvzf pap_tkaiser_v0.1.4.tgz</code>