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Subject: Setting up HP Jet direct printers
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I have a box running 2.2.7 that is set up to print to various HP printers that
are hooked up to the printers.  Everything is working great.  I have two entries
in the printcap for each printer, one for post-script and one for text.

th204_txt|lp7:\
        :lf=/usr/adm/lperr/th204_txt.log:\
        :lp=:\
        :rm=i163:\
        :rp=text:\
        :sd=/var/spool/lpd/th204_txt:

th204_ps|lp8:\
        :lf=/usr/adm/lperr/th204_ps.log:\
        :lp=:\
        :rm=i163:\
        :rp=raw:\
        :sd=/var/spool/lpd/th204_ps:

The LPD on the HP-Jet Direct cards wants PostScript jobs sent to the raw queen
and text sent to the text queen.

Now the problem.  I have users complaining because they have to use two
different names for the same printer.
I have two ideas.  Use an :if and call a script that converts everything to PS
and sends it to the raw queen, or Have 3 entries.
If the job is sent to the generic queen, using the :if= a script would be called
 and if the print job is PS it would then send the
to the Post Script Queen and if it is Text it would send it to the text queen.

Any thought on if it will work and which one would be better.  Also can I use an
 :if= in an entry that is being sent to another LPD.

If I use the second Idea how do I get the print job out of the generic queen and
 sent back into the Post Script queen.

Thanks for any ideas or suggestions

Andrew Fleming
afleming@tiger.fhsu.edu




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