This should contain several notes on netatalk papd
	printing through the parellel port
1st note:
See the compress tar file of HP dos ppds.
place a good one in the /etc/atalk(PPDS) directory then point your
papd.conf file at it. The ghostscript HOW-TO says to use "dos" ppd.
The one listed below was suggested because it works with so many 
different printers.

printer:\
        :pr=lp:op=mikep:pd=/usr/local/atalk/etc/APLWNTR1.PPD:

2nd notes:

Review this for use
http://www.deja.com/[ST_artlink=www.adobe.com,ST_rn=ps]/jump/http://www.adobe.co
m/products/printerdrivers/winppd.html

NOTE:
From what I read you may need to add a PPD file discriptor in your 
/etc/atalk/apad.conf file. Something like this ..............

 Try changing it to something like, make sure you have the discriptor 
though in 
/etc/atalk/
  
 LaserJet4:\
   :pr=lp:\
   :pd=/etc/atalk/lj4.ppd:
NOTE:
When I print, the document never comes out 

            If you're using a HP printer, put a tr=^D line in your 
printcap to 
make it spit the page out. To do this in
            emacs, hit Ctrl-Q to get into quote mode, and then Ctrl-D 
to put the 
character in. 
            
NOTE:
   
  You better look at this page
  
http://be.servus.at/~holger/how/ghostscript-docs/netatalk/linux-netatalk/
  
  NOTE:

Edit /usr/local/atalk/etc/papd.conf file. Mine now looks like this...

            #
            # Attributes are:
            #
            # Name Type Default Description
            # pd str ".ppd" Pathname to ppd file.
            # pr str "lp" LPD printer name.
            # op str "operator" Operator name, for LPD spooling.
            #
            gs850c:\
            :pr=lp:op=mikep:pd=/usr/local/atalk/etc/APLWNTR1.PPD:

            Some further explanation of this file might be helpful... 
The 
printer here is registered over AppleTalk as
            gs850c. That should be the name you see in the mac chooser.

            The pr field should default to lp - I'm playing safe. You 
can use 
any other printer name defined in your
            printcap file. (This is not the device name. That would be 
something 
like /dev/lp1) 

            Reboot linux.

            On the mac, install a laserwriter driver if you haven't 
already got 
one. Laserwriter 8 works for me.

            From the chooser, click on 'LaserWriter 8'.
            gs850c should appear.
            You can switch background printing off, since linux is 
going to 
spool anyway.
            Click on setup.
            Click on SelectPPD and select LaserWriter ll NT.
            Click on Printer Info
            Click on Update Info - you'll see some communications 
activity. It's 
at this point that
            /usr/local/atalk/etc/APLWNTR1.PPD is squirted to the mac. 
You may 
see the printer info values change.

            Print something on your brand new ghostly laserwriter.

            The job should be visible to lpq, and should print just 
like a 
locally sourced job. You should find colour works
            if your printer does colour.

            If(when?) it doesn't work...

            You'll probably find lpq reports no daemon. Try restarting 
with lpc 
restart lp as root. If this still fails to start
            the daemon recheck socket names. (and reboot - that seems 
to be the 
only way of clearing this state).

            Check /usr/log/lpd-errs (or wherever syslog(LOG_ERR,...) 
goes).

            Check /usr/spool/your printer/log. 

            If you see the file in the queue, but it won't print, try 
printing 
it locally with lpr. This will show up any
            incompatibilities with ghostscript. If you don't want to 
waste 
paper, just do gs file and see whether
            ghostscript can cope. If it can't, the solution is probably 
in 
another PPD somewhere.