On Fri, May 28, 1999 at 03:57:32PM +0200, Stephan Engelke wrote: > Hi Wojciech, > > On Fri, May 28, 1999 at 04:43:57PM +0200, Wojciech Zabolotny wrote: > > > Hi all! > > > > I have a small problem with my server. It serves as a netware printer (with > > mars nwe and HP-DJ670C). Sometimes it happens, that one of users sends > > a print job in the wrong format (e.g. binary data for HP-LJ). > > wouldn't it be more practical to write a filter which sends files > in unwanted formats directly to the big bit bucket rather than to the > printer? > By checking the first few characters of the printjob you should be able > to determine the filetype and decide if you want to send it to the > printer or not. This way you could set up a queue which only accepts > certain file formats and ignores the rest. > Optionally you could probably add some code to create a message, if a > file was rejected, although this is usually not the filter's job. >
this is just what magic-filter does. If I try to 'lpr binary-file' I get email back saying an attempt was made to print a binary. -- Jim Foltz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ACORN techie <http://www.acorn.net> AOL/IM Jim Foltz