From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Jan 30 17:29:20 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA19275 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 30 Jan 1997 17:29:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from nexgen.ampr.org (max2-190.HiWAAY.net [208.147.145.190]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA19270 for ; Thu, 30 Jan 1997 17:29:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from nexgen.ampr.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nexgen.ampr.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id TAA21295; Thu, 30 Jan 1997 19:27:50 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <199701310127.TAA21295@nexgen.ampr.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.9 8/22/96 To: Keith Mitchell cc: hackers@freebsd.org From: dkelly@hiwaay.net Subject: Re: lpd - remote printing with an output filter In-reply-to: Message from Keith Mitchell of "Wed, 29 Jan 1997 22:59:33 EST." <199701300359.WAA25499@weenix.guru.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 19:25:44 -0600 Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Keith Mitchell writes: > > > Has anyone got any problems with me making this work ? It's always > > irritated me ! It consists of two one-liners to printjob.c. > > No, but I would like to see it happen. I have several printers hanging off > a HP JetDirect EX print server and there is no way to run an output filter > on them. Consequently, the user must KNOW not to just blindly print to it. > (sigh). I was looking thru the handbook the other night while setting up my printer. Saw a comment that one way to implement a filter on a remote printer was to make a "virtual" local printer with an "if" or "of" filter of your choice which ultimately pipes the output right back into "lpr -Preal_printer". Doesn't seem so hard? I must be missing something. OTOH, I don't have my Apple LaserWriter NTR working to my satisfaction either. Used the parallel printer port. Job prints perfectly but the printer doesn't know its finished so the lights are still flashing and the Mac can't get in via the LocalTalk port. I'm using a mix of a2ps and lprps. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system.