[X Newbies] PAP on CUPS with Printer:LWSelect300

[Mark Gillingham]

On Saturday, October 25, 2003, at 08:02 AM, Florin Alexander Neumann 
wrote:

>
> On Friday, Oct 24, 2003, at 18:47 Canada/Eastern, Mark Gillingham 
> wrote:
>
>> The CUPS FAQ claims that I can print from CUPS to an AppleTalk 
>> printer (e.g., Epson Stylus in the example below).
>
> Which FAQ is that? The "official" one is to be found at 
> <http://www.cups.org/faq.php>, and AFAIK, it doesn't contain your 
> quote. I may be wrong, but what you have there seems to be from the 
> GIMP-Print FAQ.
>
You are correct. The quote is from Gimp-Print FAQ, not CUPS FAQ.

>> if a shared Personal LaswerWriter 300 is visial through atlookup 
>> (Printer:LWSelect300) can I print to it through CUPS.
>
> CUPS, as the name says, is a printing system. To print, you need a 
> compatible printer driver. IIRC, the PLW 300 is a serial-only 
> QuickDraw printer. (Being shared on AT suggests you have ColorShare 
> installed on a Mac running 0S 9 or earlier.) Which really means that, 
> CUPS or no CUPS, you're SOL. Don't take my word for it (I haven't 
> researched this in depth), but I don't think you'll find a driver for 
> this printer anywhere. If you insists on using it (after all it's, 
> what, almost 10 years old?), I'd say the best bet is to do so from OS 
> 9. Save your OS X output as PDF and write an AppleScript to print the 
> PDF automatically from Acrobat on the OS 9 machine.
>
Thanks for your advice. I see better how silly I have been.

Mark