From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 9 15:51:23 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA08600 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 9 Nov 1998 15:51:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from horst.bfd.com (horst.bfd.com [12.9.219.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA08590 for ; Mon, 9 Nov 1998 15:51:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ejs@bfd.com) Received: from HARLIE.bfd.com (bastion.bfd.com [12.9.219.14]) by horst.bfd.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id PAA10492; Mon, 9 Nov 1998 15:50:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ejs@bfd.com) Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1998 15:50:07 -0800 (PST) From: "Eric J. Schwertfeger" To: Don Read cc: Christopher Raven , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: APS Filter/JetDirect troubles... In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19981109174328.00826320@mail> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > 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. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message