Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 19:25:44 -0600 From: dkelly@hiwaay.net To: Keith Mitchell <kmitch@weenix.guru.org> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: lpd - remote printing with an output filter Message-ID: <199701310127.TAA21295@nexgen.ampr.org> In-Reply-To: Message from Keith Mitchell <kmitch@weenix.guru.org> of "Wed, 29 Jan 1997 22:59:33 EST." <199701300359.WAA25499@weenix.guru.org>
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Keith Mitchell <kmitch@weenix.guru.org> writes: > > > Has anyone got any problems with me making this work ? It's always > > irritated me ! It consists of two one-liners to printjob.c. > > No, but I would like to see it happen. I have several printers hanging off > a HP JetDirect EX print server and there is no way to run an output filter > on them. Consequently, the user must KNOW not to just blindly print to it. > (sigh). I was looking thru the handbook the other night while setting up my printer. Saw a comment that one way to implement a filter on a remote printer was to make a "virtual" local printer with an "if" or "of" filter of your choice which ultimately pipes the output right back into "lpr -Preal_printer". Doesn't seem so hard? I must be missing something. OTOH, I don't have my Apple LaserWriter NTR working to my satisfaction either. Used the parallel printer port. Job prints perfectly but the printer doesn't know its finished so the lights are still flashing and the Mac can't get in via the LocalTalk port. I'm using a mix of a2ps and lprps. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system.
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