What kind of Linux machine?
The quickest start with be
(a) install "netatalk" on the Linux box and used "papd" for printing. You could use ghostprint to pretend to the Mac that you are really a networked laserwriter. You would also be able to configure an AppleShare server on the Linux box. The Linux kernel needs AF_APPLETALK support enabled.
( B) workout how to use the localtalk/ethernet bridge, they can be pedantic, best results seem to be if you power up that device last.
© getting TCP going on the Mac would be the hardest, as you need a Mac-IP gateway running somewhere. I run one on my NetBSD gateway box which does the packing and unpacking of IP packets from DDP.
Hopefully that helps.
The quickest start with be
(a) install "netatalk" on the Linux box and used "papd" for printing. You could use ghostprint to pretend to the Mac that you are really a networked laserwriter. You would also be able to configure an AppleShare server on the Linux box. The Linux kernel needs AF_APPLETALK support enabled.
( B) workout how to use the localtalk/ethernet bridge, they can be pedantic, best results seem to be if you power up that device last.
© getting TCP going on the Mac would be the hardest, as you need a Mac-IP gateway running somewhere. I run one on my NetBSD gateway box which does the packing and unpacking of IP packets from DDP.
Hopefully that helps.