From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 9 16:00:46 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA09721 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 9 Nov 1998 16:00:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail8.svr.freeserve.net (mail8.svr.freeserve.net [195.92.193.213]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA09575 for ; Mon, 9 Nov 1998 16:00:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from c.raven@ukonline.co.uk) Received: from modem-51.titanium.dialup.pol.co.uk ([62.136.10.179] helo=ukonline.co.uk) by mail8.svr.freeserve.net with esmtp (Exim 2.05iplimit-2 #5) id 0zd1E0-0003Lb-00; Tue, 10 Nov 1998 00:00:00 +0000 Message-ID: <364781E7.C1EB4383@ukonline.co.uk> Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1998 23:59:35 +0000 From: Christopher Raven Organization: CIAN X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.07 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.7-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Eric J. Schwertfeger" CC: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: APS Filter/JetDirect troubles... References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Eric J. Schwertfeger wrote: > > > So don't install apsfilter on a machine, where no printer is directly > > connected !!!! This means also, that apsfilter won't work with those > > magic print boxes (Net Cube, or such), that are used to connect a > > printer somewhere in your office to the network." > > > > > > Not much help to you sorry :-( > > But thats what it says. > > apsfilter is not FreeBSD-specific, and the FreeBSD lpd has the ability to > use input filters with remote printers. While the above is true in the > general case, it does not apply to FreeBSD. At one time, I was doing just > that here, before replacing apsfilter with a PS-only filter of my own > design. Ahh, thats what I love about being on the -questions list, you learn something new all the time :-) Thanks for the correction. Chris R. -- Christopher Raven E-mail: c.raven@ukonline.co.uk & ICQ: 2254369 http://www.FreeBSD.org/ "The Power To Serve" http://www.unmetered.org.uk/ "A PC is for life, not just for Xmas" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message