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Post #61 by Doctor Dave
Source Forum68kMLA
CategoryNetworking
Post DateThu, 5 Feb 2009 - 11:23
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/need-help-connecting-powerbook-230-to-a-lan-and-to-the-web.16317/
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The printer I would like to have my PowerBook ultimately able to print to is on my LAN, serving both Linux and Windows clients. Linux machines (including "quad") print to it via CUPS, and Windows machines print using Windows drivers over TCP/IP. Basically, the printer is on a fixed IP address on my LAN, and any computer that needs to print to it just needs to be set up to send its print output to the IP address. In case it helps, the printer is a Brother DCP-9040CN color laser printer... it comes with Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux drivers, and supports "PCL6" and "BR-Script 3" (Brother's version of PostScript). I am not certain, but I suspect that if I can get output from the PowerBook intended for a Postscript printer routed to the DCP-9040CN, it may simply print.

My guess is that I need to put a line or two into my papd.conf file, but I am unsure of what syntax I need. Currently my papd.conf file is empty (all lines commented out). Any suggestions here?

As seen on my LAN by my Linux machines, the printer currently has this URI:

lpd://192.168.1.213