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HP Deskjet Printers??
Authored by: balthisar on Mar 25, '02 10:55:00AM

That's right, inkjets aren't supported this way; only PostScript.

In 2000 and NT (but not XP, I think) you can enable Print Services for Macintosh, which has a PostScript interpreter. Then, you could send PostScript to Windows, and let Windows convert it to PCL for the printer. The problem is, Mac OS X ONLY supports PostScript Level 2, and the NT boxes only support PostScript Level 1, so it won't work!

You can try searching for "balthisar" here for how to get GhostScript working on your Mac. THEN, with lpd enabled on the NT/2000 box, you should be able to print to the shared Windows printer. OR, if you install SAMBA on the Mac, I think you could use the GhostScript method to print to ANY Windows-shared printer.

Direct link to the GhostScript instructions:
http://homepage.mac.com/balthisar/HPNetworkInkjet.sit

This works, of course, with a print server box, like an HP JetDirect. It's up to you to figure out SAMBA if you want that approach. Otherwise, the NT/2000 box SHOULD look like print server box once LPD is enabled -- adapt the GhostScript instructions as per the instructions in this hint.

Good luck.



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