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Re: Redirect printer output to email?



On Wed, Sep 23, 1998 at 09:58:35AM -0500, Kent West wrote:
> This isn't specifically Debian-related, but if I can get this done it'll be
> a major score on campus for Linux in general and Debian specifically.
> 
> Can I print from a Win95 box to a Debian queue and route that output to an
> email message as well as to a printer?

Easy. Use lprng. It can daisychain filters. Read stdin, pass the data to
stdout and at the same time pass the relevant data to a pine to mail. Use
the second filter to talk to samba to get the file printed.

BTW, sounds really interesting.

					Marcelo


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