On Fri, 14 Mar 1997, Adam Shand wrote:
> I haven't yet tackled the .dvi thing (because I don't use DVI) but I have a
> script that works with lpr and a shared windows printer via samba. If you
> can figure out a way to detect dvi files then I can't see any reason why it
> wouldn't work.
Oh, thanks Adam... this works, but...
I do need to use something like magicfilter because some users print all
kinds of files, not just postscript, and I'd like to tell them "just say
`print` to your program" or "use `lpr file`", and I don't want to reinvent
the wheel, nor magicfilter for that matter.
I have managed to get multiple filters using bounce queues with lprng,
like this:
---- my /etc/printcap ----
ci|cicima|lw360|Apple LaserWriter 360:\
:lp=/dev/null:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lw360:\
:sh:pw#80:pl#66:px#1440:mx#0:\
:if=/usr/sbin/smbprint:\ <- this is a home brewed version of smbprint
:filter_options=$-a:\ <---- it doesn't care about anything but a dir
:af=/var/log/lpd/lw360/acct:lf=/var/log/lpd/lw360/errors:
lp|laser|postscript|PostScript 600dpi:\
:bq=ci:\
:lp=:sd=/var/spool/lpd/postscript:\
:sh:pw#80:pl#66:px#1440:mx#0:\
:if=/usr/sbin/ps600-filter:\ <---- this is magicfilter
:af=/var/log/lpd/postscript/acct:lf=/var/log/lpd/postscript/errors:
---- end of /etc/printcap ----
I can use
$ cat file.ps | smbprint /var/log/lpd/lw360/acct
and it prints! What I don't get is why it doesn't work with:
$ lpr file.ps
nor
$ lpr file.non.ps
I *have* RTFM (the F is starting to mean something different to "fine" ;-)
but I have had no luck...
Again: this is lprng+magicfilter+samba. lprng is the lastest version,
right now, from the experimental tree, I can downgrade if needed :-)
Any lprng gure arround?
TIA,
Marcelo Magallon
