Date: Tue, 23 Sep 1997 19:04:12 +0200 From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: arg@arg1.demon.co.uk (Andrew Gordon) Subject: Re: lpr/lpd and HP networked printers Message-ID: <19970923190412.GM59568@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970923123240.210B-100000@server.arg.sj.co.uk>; from Andrew Gordon on Sep 23, 1997 12:46:13 %2B0100 References: <19970923072533.UX58086@uriah.heep.sax.de> <Pine.BSF.3.91.970923123240.210B-100000@server.arg.sj.co.uk>
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As Andrew Gordon wrote: > If lpd is printing locally to a printer, it observes the "sh" capability > and overrides the "L" command. However, if it is printing to a remote > printer, it just transfers the control file unchanged and "sh" has > no affect whatever. Sure, lpd is not supposed to forward the sh capability across the net. (Actually, it doesn't forward many things.) Get a firmware upgrade, and you've got rid of them once and for all. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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