Re: printcap rerouted filter

[Mirek Kwasniak <mirek@zind.ikem.pwr.wroc.pl>]

On Wed, Sep 30, 1998 at 11:36:54PM -0500, Kent West wrote:
[...]
> >   10.8.  Running an if for remote printers
> > 
> >   One oddity of lpd is that the if is not run for remote printers.  If
> >   you find that you need to run an if, you can do so by setting up a
> >   double queue and requeueing the job.  As an example, consider this
> >   printcap:
> > 
> >        lj-5:remote-hplj:\
> >                :lp=/dev/null:sh:\
> >                :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lj-5:\
> >                :if=/usr/lib/lpd/filter-lj-5:
> >        lj-5-remote:lp=/dev/null:sh:rm=printer.name.com:\
> >                :rp=raw:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lj-5-raw:
> > 
> >   in light of this filter-lj-5 script:
> > 
> >        #!/bin/sh
> >        gs <options> -q -dSAFER -sOutputFile=- - | \
> >                lpr -Plj-5-remote -U$5
> > 

Or use lprng  bouncing queue (not old lpr).

My working printcap:

pl8|toshiba|Toshiba PageLaser8:\
  :lp=/dev/null:\
  :bq=lp@mirek:\
  :sd=/var/spool/lpd/toshiba:\
  :sh:pw#80:pl#72:px#1440:mx#0:\
  :if=/usr/sbin/ljet2p-filter:\
  :af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs: