Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 19:51:40 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: "Andrew Fleming" <afleming@tiger.fhsu.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Setting up HP Jet direct printers Message-ID: <199903171951.TAA00879@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 17 Mar 1999 11:28:42 CST." <86256737.006003BA.00@tiger.fhsu.edu>
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Apsfilter is pretty good at detecting what you've given it and
DingTRT. It's a port.
> 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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