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Date:      Mon, 9 Nov 1998 15:50:07 -0800 (PST)
From:      "Eric J. Schwertfeger" <ejs@bfd.com>
To:        Don Read <sysop@calcasieu.com>
Cc:        Christopher Raven <c.raven@ukonline.co.uk>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: APS Filter/JetDirect troubles...
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9811091547230.7634-100000@harlie.bfd.com>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19981109174328.00826320@mail>

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> 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.


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