Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 20:40:20 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> To: dkelly@hiwaay.net Cc: Keith Mitchell <kmitch@weenix.guru.org>, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: lpd - remote printing with an output filter Message-ID: <199701312040.UAA23897@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 30 Jan 1997 19:25:44 CST." <199701310127.TAA21295@nexgen.ampr.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.
This works - it's what I eventually did under Sequent-PTX. Never the less,
it's a workaround for a deficiency that shouldn't really be there.
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>, <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk/>;
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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