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LPR just doesn't work for me...
Authored by: hope on Mar 18, '04 07:19:46PM

I have a LW IIg also, and I tried all sorts of tricks to enable IP printing. It boils down to, this printer expects AppleTalk jobs, and it's not going to talk IP.

Less boiling: I work in networking, and I tried adding a static ARP entry to assign an IP address, and then I read the manual that it doesn't have a network stack so it just doesn't talk IP. The Ethernet cable threw me off too -- I probably should have started with the manual! I haven't given up hope, but I am using another printer now so I'm not looking hard. CUPS is remarkable, and atprint should be able to handle it too. However, if you're a newbie (don't like the looks of Terminal for "man atprint") or just plain busy (me), a new printer would be the faster solution. Sorry.



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