Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 22:49:37 +0200 (MET DST) From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: reichert@internet.com Cc: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problem with lp under 2.1R ? Message-ID: <199604182049.WAA02240@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <199604172212.SAA08531@oneida.internet.com> from "Brian Reichert" at Apr 17, 96 06:12:03 pm
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As Brian Reichert wrote:
>
> This may be an RTFM, but I'm not seeing it:
>
> I'm trying to set up a printcap file to utilize a remote printer,
> which I'm doing quite successfully.
>
> However, I am trying to utilize either an input filter or output
> filter ('if' and 'of' in printcap(5) ), but they seem to be bypassed
> utterly. Is this normal behaviour?
Yep. Filtering works only at the target site. However, you could
filter, and forward to another local printer, that finally spools the
job for the remote printer.
--
cheers, J"org
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