Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 10:59:29 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: Antoine Jacoutot <ajacoutot@lphp.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: foomatic+lpd Message-ID: <3ED0DA51.7020407@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <200305251647.06054.ajacoutot@lphp.org> References: <200305251647.06054.ajacoutot@lphp.org>
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Antoine Jacoutot wrote: > Hi ! > > I am trying to use foomatic (http://www.linuxprinting.org) as a print > filter under FreeBSD-4.8-RELEASE. > Without any options, it works great. > Now, I want to give options to the filter script. > From the foomatic documentation, this is done by (depending on your > print spooler): > lpr -Pqueue -J'option1 option2' --> for LPD > lpr -Pqueue -o option1 -o option2 --> for GNUlpr > lpr -Pqueue -Z option1 -Z option2 --> for LPRng > > Now, I use the standard lpd print spooler that comes with FreeBSD. From > the lpr man page, it says that: > -J job Job name to print on the burst page. Normally, the first file's > name is used. > > So, should I use another switch, like -Z, although it is for LPRng ? According to the docs, it certainly looks like you should use -Z (capital). If this works, it would be a good idea to send an email to the maintainer of foomatic to request that he update his docs. -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com
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