From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 6 7: 0:42 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B493A37B401 for ; Thu, 6 Mar 2003 07:00:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from mired.org (ip68-97-54-220.ok.ok.cox.net [68.97.54.220]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 25B0443FBF for ; Thu, 6 Mar 2003 07:00:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mwm-dated-1047394839.5b0341@mired.org) Received: (qmail 59692 invoked from network); 6 Mar 2003 15:00:39 -0000 Received: from localhost.mired.org (HELO guru.mired.org) (127.0.0.1) by localhost.mired.org with SMTP; 6 Mar 2003 15:00:39 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <15975.25238.423850.636676@guru.mired.org> Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 09:00:38 -0600 To: Warren Block Cc: darren_spruell@sento.com, "" , "" Subject: Re: printing to HP LaserJet 4050 TN In-Reply-To: <20030305201455.Y4052@wonkity.com> References: <3E64E658.5080108@sento.com> <20030304170655.O45239@wonkity.com> <3E661A45.9060504@sento.com> <20030305201455.Y4052@wonkity.com> X-Mailer: VM 7.07 under 21.1 (patch 14) "Cuyahoga Valley" XEmacs Lucid X-face: "5Mnwy%?j>IIV\)A=):rjWL~NB2aH[}Yq8Z=u~vJ`"(,&SiLvbbz2W`; h9L,Yg`+vb1>RG% *h+%X^n0EZd>TM8_IB;a8F?(Fb"lw'IgCoyM.[Lg#r\ From: Mike Meyer X-Delivery-Agent: TMDA/0.70 (Pensive) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In <20030305201455.Y4052@wonkity.com>, Warren Block typed: > On Wed, 5 Mar 2003, Darren Spruell wrote: > When you print to lp, the input filter (if=) called checkps sees if the > incoming file is PostScript. It also detects HP PJL PostScript jobs, > which the example given in the Handbook does not. If the job is > PostScript, it sends it to the lpraw queue, which is the real printer. Just as an aside, there are two ports that do this kind of filtering, and much more as well. If you're already tweaking the printcap yourself, magicfilter is the lighter weight and more flexible solution. If you don't want to fool with the printcap, then apsfilter has a configure script that will set it up for you. Both will do enscript on text. But they also detect lots of other things and will transform them into postscript to be printed. http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message