[Techtalk] Network Printing Help Needed: RH, CUPS, LPD, MacOSX, Oh My!

[Beth Johnson]

Hi there,
I'm pulling my hair out trying to get this working!  We have several
iMacs and an eMac all running OSX and my two RedHat 8.0 boxen.  I'm
using CUPS on my desktop machine to which a HP LaserJet 1100 is attached
via lp0 (no parallel port on the Macs).  There are Lexmark Printers
attached to two of the Macs, which I'm ignoring because there aren't
CUPS drivers for them, and an Epson Stylus which I can print to just
fine via CUPS from my machine.

Now, the problem is that my Mr wants to print to the Laser from his
machine (the eMac).  I've tried every way I can think of to set this
up!  I've tried via CUPS, I've switched to lpd on my machine and tried
that way, I've tried via SAMBA through CUPS and lpd.  I've tried
AppleTalk (running atalk on my box).  Documents will usually spool and
time out.  Or his machine complains about not connecting.

Frankly, the whole thing is a frickin' mess.  In CUPS all the machines
are reporting all the printers they have, even their remote printers,
which leads to redundency.  The Macs are reporting device URIs for their
local Print Center printers as /dev/null, which isn't going to get me
anywhere!  I can't even print from one RH box to another.

I mean, all these machines are using the Same Print System!!!  Why can't
I get them to talk using CUPS?  Or any protocol?

I can't see the forest for the trees.  Can anyone suggest a point for me
to fall back to?  rpm -e cups*  ???  %-(

going to ride the exercise bike now and play Animal Crossing (ah,
wireless controller),
Beth
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