From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 29 15:24:08 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id PAA20946 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 29 Jan 1996 15:24:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov (fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov [137.75.131.171]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id PAA20883 for ; Mon, 29 Jan 1996 15:24:02 -0800 (PST) Received: by fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov (5.57/Ultrix3.0-C) id AA15695; Mon, 29 Jan 96 17:23:59 -0600 Received: by emu.fsl.noaa.gov (1.38.193.4/SMI-4.1 (1.38.193.4)) id AA00288; Mon, 29 Jan 1996 16:23:59 -0700 Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 16:23:59 -0700 From: kelly@fsl.noaa.gov (Sean Kelly) Message-Id: <9601292323.AA00288@emu.fsl.noaa.gov> To: ejs@bfd.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: (ejs@bfd.com) Subject: Re: printcap question Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk >>>>> "Eric" == Eric J Schwertfeger writes: Eric> Is there a nicer way to do this? Either by using a printcap Eric> field that stuffs the data into another queue rather than Eric> forcing the filter to do it, or by letting me use filters Eric> and remote printers in the same definition. The nicest way I've found to achieve this is to dump the BSD LPD that accompanies FreeBSD. It works well in far too few situations, and you've got a situation for which its feature deficit has no good resolution. I recommend PLP or LPRng---see the FreeBSD handbook's ``Printing'' section for details on where to get each. They both allow you to specify how and where jobs get filtered before the eventually reach a printer. -- Sean Kelly NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory, Boulder Colorado USA Instead of putting a quarter under a kid's pillow, how about a pinecone? That way, he learns that "wishing" isn't going to save out national forests. -- Deep Thoughts, by Jack Handey