From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Oct 2 06:03:47 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id GAA17765 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 2 Oct 1995 06:03:47 -0700 Received: from fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov (fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov [137.75.131.171]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with SMTP id GAA17758 for ; Mon, 2 Oct 1995 06:03:44 -0700 Received: by fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov (5.57/Ultrix3.0-C) id AA21938; Mon, 2 Oct 95 13:03:37 GMT Received: by emu.fsl.noaa.gov (1.38.193.4/SMI-4.1 (1.38.193.4)) id AA18428; Mon, 2 Oct 1995 07:03:35 -0600 Date: Mon, 2 Oct 1995 07:03:35 -0600 From: kelly@fsl.noaa.gov (Sean Kelly) Message-Id: <9510021303.AA18428@emu.fsl.noaa.gov> To: marino.ladavac@aut.alcatel.at Cc: hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <9510021212.AA13898@atuhc16.aut.alcatel.at> (marino.ladavac@aut.alcatel.at) Subject: Re: Low end PS laser, or inkjet/bubblejet Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk >>>>> "Alby" == marino ladavac writes: >> So the card must recognize two different printer names in order >> to do two different kinds of processing ... hmmmm. Thanks for >> posting that! Alby> No. The difference is really that one uses text protocol Alby> (rp=text), and the other raw protocol (rp=raw). That's the Alby> way I understand the rp print capability. In LPD, there is no ``text protocol'' or ``raw protocol.'' >From printcap(5): rp str ``lp'' remote printer name argument The card is enforcing a particular interpretation of incoming jobs by using a particular printer name on its end. -- Sean Kelly NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory, Boulder Colorado USA I bought my brother some gift-wrap for Christmas. I took it to the Gift Wrap Department and told them to wrap it, but in a different print so he would know when to stop unwrapping. -- Steven Wright