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Netatalk is a Free and Open Source AFP fileserver. A *NIX or BSD system running Netatalk is capable of serving many Macintosh clients simultaneously as an AppleShare file server.
https://netatalk.io
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PAP backend for CUPS to share AppleTalk printer to modern systems #1655

Closed mabam closed 1 month ago

mabam commented 1 month ago

A couple of years ago I wrote a guide on how to build an AppleTalk NAS using A2SERVER. It contains a section explaining how to share a LocalTalk LaserWriter to modern systems: https://www.emaculation.com/doku.php/appletalk_printserver_macos_and_osx#optional_set_up_the_print_server.

It also points to a download link of a fixed PAP backend to be used with CUPS. Thought this might be interesting for https://netatalk.io/links and/or https://github.com/Netatalk/netatalk/wiki/Print-Server.

NJRoadfan commented 1 month ago

This how-to covers printer setup as well: https://biosrhythm.com/?p=2791

Keep in mind that printer backends will be obsolete and unsupported with CUPS 3.0. One would have to create a "printer application" to do that in the future.