Date: Fri, 27 Jan 1995 10:47:12 +0100 From: Lars Koeller <uphya001@odie.physik2.uni-rostock.de> To: freebsd-questions@freefall.cdrom.com Cc: uphya001@odie.physik2.uni-rostock.de Subject: Solution for filtering and remote printing on a network printer! Message-ID: <199501270947.KAA06332@odie.physik2.uni-rostock.de>
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I notice some time ago some questions about printing with filtering
on a remote network printer. I worked out a solution with the well known
and fairly good apsfilter-4.8.1 (aps-481.tgz on ftp.Germany.EU.net in
pub/os/Linux/Local.EUnet/People/akl). I do a requing with the normal lpr
command in apsfilter. lpq and lprm are very simple scripts which access
the remote printer by default. The original binaries are renamed to olpq
and olprm. Here are the diffs, my sample lprm, lpq, printcap and
apsfilterrc files for a PostScript LaserJet IV with a JetDirect network
card. Please send me any suggestions fixes or problems. I hope it will
work well with your setup too!
Regards
Lars
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Lars Köller E-Mail:
University of Rostock (Germany) lars.koeller@odie.physik2.Uni-Rostock.DE
Fachbereich Physik lars.koeller@physik.Uni-Rostock.DE
Universitätsplatz 3 Phone: +49 381/498-1665 or 498-1648
18051 Rostock Fax: +49 381/498-1667
### lprm ###
. /etc/apsfilterrc
/usr/bin/olprm -P$REMOTE_PRINTER $*
### lpq ###
. /etc/apsfilterrc
/usr/bin/olpq -P$REMOTE_PRINTER $*
### /etc/printcap ###
####### @(#)printcap 5.3 (Berkeley) 6/30/90
#######
#######
# LABEL apsfilter
# apsfilter setup Tue Dec 13 18:50:27 MET 1994
#
# APS_BASEDIR:/usr/local/lib/apsfilter
#
#
#
lj4.remote|enables remote printing with apsfilter:\
:rm=lj4.physik2.uni-rostock.de:\
:sd=/var/spool/PS_600dpi-raw:\
:lf=/var/spool/PS_600dpi-raw/log:\
:af=/var/spool/PS_600dpi-raw/acct:\
:mx#0:
#
ascii|PS_600dpi-a4-ascii-mono|PS_600dpi ascii mono:\
:lp=/dev/null:\
:sd=/var/spool/PS_600dpi-a4-ascii-mono:\
:lf=/var/spool/PS_600dpi-a4-ascii-mono/log:\
:af=/var/spool/PS_600dpi-a4-ascii-mono/acct:\
:if=/usr/local/lib/apsfilter/filter/aps-PS_600dpi-a4-ascii-mono:\
:mx#0:\
:rg=lp:
#
raw|PS_600dpi-a4-raw|PS_600dpi auto raw:\
:lp=/dev/null:\
:sd=/var/spool/PS_600dpi-raw:\
:lf=/var/spool/PS_600dpi-raw/log:\
:af=/var/spool/PS_600dpi-raw/acct:\
:if=/usr/local/lib/apsfilter/filter/aps-PS_600dpi-a4-raw:\
:mx#0:\
:rg=lp:
#
lp|PS_600dpi-a4-auto-mono|PS_600dpi auto mono:\
:lp=/dev/null:\
:sd=/var/spool/PS_600dpi-a4-auto-mono:\
:lf=/var/spool/PS_600dpi-a4-auto-mono/log:\
:af=/var/spool/PS_600dpi-a4-auto-mono/acct:\
:if=/usr/local/lib/apsfilter/filter/aps-PS_600dpi-a4-auto-mono:\
:mx#0:\
:rg=lp:
### diffs for apsfilter in .../apsfilter/bin/apsfilter; Version 4.8.1 ###
*** apsfilter.orig Tue Dec 13 19:10:41 1994
--- apsfilter Fri Jan 27 10:26:28 1995
***************
*** 331,349 ****
case $PRINTER in
! PS_*dpi) # our printer is a PS printer...
! PRINT_PS="cat -" ;;
*) # we have a nice non ps printer
! PRINT_PS=" gs \
! -q \
! -sDEVICE=${PRINTER} \
! -r${GS_RESOL} \
! -sPAPERSIZE=${PAPERSIZE} \
! -dNOPAUSE \
! -dSAFER \
! -sOutputFile=- \
! - " ;;
esac
if [ "$PRINT_TO_FILE" = "True" ]; then
--- 331,369 ----
case $PRINTER in
! PS_*dpi) # our printer is a PS printer...
! if [ "$REMOTE_PRINTER" != "" ]; then
! PRINT_PS="/usr/bin/lpr -U ${LOGINNAME} -P${REMOTE_PRINTER} -h"
! else
! PRINT_PS="cat -"
! fi ;;
*) # we have a nice non ps printer
! if [ "$REMOTE_PRINTER" != "" ]; then
! PRINT_PS=" gs \
! -q \
! -sDEVICE=${PRINTER} \
! -r${GS_RESOL} \
! -sPAPERSIZE=${PAPERSIZE}\
! -dNOPAUSE \
! -dSAFER \
! -sOutputFile=- \
! - | /usr/bin/lpr \
! -U ${LOGINNAME} \
! -P${REMOTE_PRINTER} \
! -h"
! else
! PRINT_PS=" gs \
! -q \
! -sDEVICE=${PRINTER} \
! -r${GS_RESOL} \
! -sPAPERSIZE=${PAPERSIZE}\
! -dNOPAUSE \
! -dSAFER \
! -sOutputFile=- \
! - "
! fi ;;
!
esac
if [ "$PRINT_TO_FILE" = "True" ]; then
***************
*** 408,414 ****
print_sunraster()
{
! $DECOMPRESS ras2ps $RAS2PS_OPTS | $PRINT_PS
}
print_sunraster2()
--- 428,434 ----
print_sunraster()
{
! $DECOMPRESS ras2ps $RAS2PS_OPTS | eval $PRINT_PS
}
print_sunraster2()
***************
*** 495,501 ****
printf $PRINT_RAW_SETUP_PRINTER
fi
! $DECOMPRESS cat -
# usually we do a nice formfeed
if [ ! $PRINT_RAW_SUPPRESS_FORMFEED ]; then
--- 515,522 ----
printf $PRINT_RAW_SETUP_PRINTER
fi
! $DECOMPRESS eval "/usr/bin/lpr -U ${LOGINNAME} -P${REMOTE_PRINTER} -h"
! # cat -
# usually we do a nice formfeed
if [ ! $PRINT_RAW_SUPPRESS_FORMFEED ]; then
***************
*** 556,567 ****
if [ ! $A2PS_OPTS ]; then
# not user defined
A2PS_OPTS="${A2PS_BASIC_OPTIONS} \
! ${A2PS_STD_OPTIONS} \
${A2PS_FEATURES}"
else
# user defined, but keep BASIC options
A2PS_OPTS="${A2PS_BASIC_OPTIONS} \
! ${A2PS_OPTS}"
fi
case $PRINTER in
--- 577,589 ----
if [ ! $A2PS_OPTS ]; then
# not user defined
A2PS_OPTS="${A2PS_BASIC_OPTIONS} \
! ${A2PS_STD_OPTS} \
${A2PS_FEATURES}"
else
# user defined, but keep BASIC options
A2PS_OPTS="${A2PS_BASIC_OPTIONS} \
! ${A2PS_OPTS} \
! ${A2PS_FEATURES}"
fi
case $PRINTER in
***************
*** 619,625 ****
*) # it's not compressed !
DECOMPRESS="";;
esac
-
$DECOMPRESS a2ps ${A2PS_OPTS} | eval $PRINT_PS
}
--- 641,646 ----
***************
*** 632,638 ****
print_data()
{
! $DECOMPRESS cat -
}
--- 653,660 ----
print_data()
{
! $DECOMPRESS eval "/usr/bin/lpr -U ${LOGINNAME} -P${REMOTE_PRINTER} -h"
! # cat -
}
***************
*** 884,889 ****
--- 906,916 ----
fault_filetype
fi ;;
+ data | *escape*)
+ # that's certainly not critical,
+ # you're on your own ;-)
+ print_data ;;
+
*ascii*|*text*|*english*|*script*)
if [ "$HAVE_A2PS" = "True" \
-a "$HAVE_GS" = "True" ]; then
***************
*** 891,901 ****
else
fault_filetype
fi ;;
- data)
- # that's certainly not critical,
- # you're on your own ;-)
- print_data ;;
-
*)
# data we - I'm so sorry - don't know
fault_filetype ;;
--- 918,923 ----
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