Re: /etc/printcap set up

["Damir J. Naden" <dnaden@inforamp.net>]

Hi John Kloss; unless Mutt is confused, you wrote:
> lp|Laser Jet:\
> 	:lp=/dev/lp0:\
> 	:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
> 	:mx#0:\
> 	:pl#64:\
> 	:sh:
> 
> Now the Printing-HOWTO said to add a text filter for just plain lpr'ing,
> that is, a simple command with no options, like
> 
> 	lpr myfile.txt
> 
> I should add the line
> 
> 	:if=/etc/filter.txt:\
> 
> to /etc/printcap and things would work out right. Well I wrote the
> filter.txt and tried it (as root) with
> 

I think you shpuld install magicfilter package and let it handle all the
'filtering' you need. I think the package name is magicfilter_1.2-16.deb, but
there may be a newer version out by now...

HTH

Damir 


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