On Sun, 22 Mar 1998, Justin R. Smith wrote:

> Is it possible to print stuff from NetBSD?  I have a P475 (68040)
> running 1.31 and have a laser printer connected
> to the printer port via Appletalk.  Is there a way to
> configure this system so I can print
> from NetBSD or the MacOS (right now, I
> copy stuff to be printed to the MacOS and print from there)?
> 
> Also, is there a version of netutils that works for ordinary
> Appletalk (not just Ethertalk)? (This would solve this problem).

Unfortunately, localtalk support would require in-kernel support, and to
my knowledge, no work has been done on such support (feel free to work on
it, though).  However, depending on the printer, you might be able to
treat its port as if it were a serial port, and the dump text or raw
postscript to it.  Alternately, if you have ethernet hardware on that
machine, you can use an EtherPrint-like device to connect the printer to
the ethernet hardware and print on either side.


Good luck,
David

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