Re: Redirect printer output to email?
Marcelo E. Magallon wrote:
>
> 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
Kent writes:
I'm not yet anywhere near Linux-literate: Brian sent me the following
snip of example.
> Something like the following, don't take my word on it. I am not a
> great shell programmer.
>
> #!/bin/sh
> # the script called by 'if' in the printcap for the samba printer
> #
> # assume input to filter is plain text
>
> # copy stdin to tmp file
> cat - > /tmp/pager.$$
>
> # feed to pager email
> mailx -s "Page Message" pageraddress@pagercompany < /tmp/pager.$$
>
> # pass stdin through ascii to ps converter and then
> # let ghostscript create a printer file to pass on to the
> # printer.
> a2ps [options] /tmp/pager.$$ | ghostscript -s -sDEVICE=printername ....\
> -sOUTPUTFILE=- -
>
> rm /tmp/pager.$$
> # end
I tried putting this in my magic filter and then tried a test print (ls
-l | lpr -Pbeeper) and the printout showed up on the printer, but no
mail appeared and no /tmp/pager file appeared.
The idea of daisychaining two filters as suggested by Marcelo sounds
intriguing (and cleaner). I'd go with whichever method can be made to
work. Any clues?
Thanks.
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