Re: [OT] Printer Recommendations
[Sorry for the broken thread!]
Allan Wind wrote:
>The psonly-1200 filter does something; otherwise jobs are not terminated
>and
>the printer will kill some jobs after a timeout of 2 min (if I recall
>correctly). Not a big deal, it just surprised me that I needed a filter
>in the
>first place.
Hmmm... (tests it out):
perrin:~# /etc/init.d/lpd stop
Stopping printer spooler: lpd.
perrin:~# cat ~aperrin/ka.ps > /dev/usblp0
produces a fine printout. This is postscript sent directly to /dev/usblp0,
bypassing both lpd and (therefore) the psonly-1200 filter.
cheers,
Andy
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Andrew J Perrin - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin
Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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