Date: Wed, 24 Sep 1997 02:37:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Dmitry Kohmanyuk <dk@dog.farm.org> To: arg@arg1.demon.co.uk (Andrew Gordon) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: lpr/lpd and HP networked printers Message-ID: <199709240937.CAA05910@dog.farm.org>
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In article <Pine.BSF.3.91.970923123240.210B-100000@server.arg.sj.co.uk> you wrote: > Maybe I didn't make this clear: having looked at the protocol, I find I > can suppress the banner page when printing from a FreeBSD machine too, so > long as I use "lpr -h". The printer is obeying the "L" command code in > the print job control file (both the HP and Intel devices do so). > The problem is that with hundreds of users, printing via many different > methods (manual lpr, from netscape, via Samba, via PC-NFS etc.) getting > the "-h" into all the applicable config files/user's brains is impractical. > If lpd is printing locally to a printer, it observes the "sh" capability > and overrides the "L" command. However, if it is printing to a remote > printer, it just transfers the control file unchanged and "sh" has > no affect whatever. force them all to print to a proxy lpd on a Unix host. Patch the lpd on this host, add new capability (network-sh), and add it to definition of this printer. You get side advantages: accounting, possible filtering/quotas, and virtual printer (imagine adding new printer and asking everybody to change). Meanwhile, ask HP to give you an upgrade that works... ;-) -- "Books: You can't grep dead trees." -- Dion Favors(?)
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