Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 15:04:48 +0100 From: "O. Hartmann" <ohartman@mail.uni-mainz.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Magicfilter 2.X and duplex printing Message-ID: <420E0D00.4090303@mail.uni-mainz.de>
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Hello. Using magicfilter 2.3.b out of the ports runs me into a problem printing duplex on a duplex capable PS printer. In magicfilter 1.X it was simple inserting an intermediate conversion step with "psset" for preparing data stream being print duplex and/or selecting a different tray for certain paper qualities, colours or for transparency. In magicfilter 2.3 I miss such a facility or don't know how to implement such a conversion intermediate step in M4 (I do not program M4). A solution would be to save a file/document, convert to PS, using psset with the appropriate Duplex/Tray selectors and the print this out to the standard printing queue. But this isn't very convenient when printing from applications like Mozilla or other toolsets in which I have to give a printqueue. I feel more flexible selecting a specific queue for my own purposes than doinf many conversion steps outside an application. Does anyone solved such a problem? magicfilter 1.X was a very powerful solution for managin many printqueues on a printserver especially the very nice facilities of using many intermediate conversion steps of files beeing print were useful. I miss this simple way in magicfilter 2.3! Thnaks for your help, Oliver
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