Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!mips!apple!news From: bell@apple.com (Mike Bell) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk Subject: Re: Printer Access Protocol (PAP) Message-ID: <53706@apple.Apple.COM> Date: 6 Jun 91 15:56:22 GMT References: <1991Jun5.143818.17823@watcgl.waterloo.edu> Sender: usenet@Apple.COM Reply-To: bell@apple.com (Mike Bell) Organization: Apple Computer, Inc. Lines: 66 In article <1991Jun5.143818.17823@watcgl.waterloo.edu>, rastroob@watcgl.waterloo.edu (Richard A. Stroobosscher) writes: > Path: apple!uokmax!munnari.oz.au!uunet!news- server.csri.toronto.edu!utgpu!watserv1!watcgl!rastroob > From: rastroob@watcgl.waterloo.edu (Richard A. Stroobosscher) > Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk > Subject: Printer Access Protocol (PAP) > Keywords: PAP, AppleTalk, Macintosh > Message-ID: <1991Jun5.143818.17823@watcgl.waterloo.edu> > Date: 5 Jun 91 14:38:18 GMT > Organization: Computer Graphics Laboratory, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada > Lines: 13 > > I am interesting in writing a server application on a Mac that looks > like a printer to the rest of the world. I have read the 'Inside > AppleTalk' manual and have decided that this server should talk > PAP (printer access protocol) to the rest of the world. This looks > easy. However, I have not been able to locate the include files or > libraries that implement PAP. Are these publicly available or must > they be ordered from ADAP? > > Thanks. > > R. Stroobosscher > University of Waterloo > Computer Graphics Laboratory There seems to be a great interest in PAP spoolers all of a sudden, and this is becoming a frequently asked question (probably because it's a good one.....). Unfortunately, the answer is that there are no libraries available that implement server PAP calls. In order to write such a spooler, you would have to do what others have already done; create your own PAP library that sits on top of ATP. PAP really is a simple protocol, and the task really isn't as difficult as it may sound. Mike ******************************************************************************** Mike Bell email: bell@apple.com MacDTS Apple Computer, Inc. 20525 Mariani Ave. Cupertino, CA 95014 ******************************************************************************** ******************************************************************************** Mike Bell email: bell@apple.com MacDTS Apple Computer, Inc. 20525 Mariani Ave. Cupertino, CA 95014 ********************************************************************************