Quoting Stephan Engelke ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > On Fri, May 28, 1999 at 04:43:57PM +0200, Wojciech Zabolotny wrote: > > > > 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?
You're absolutely right, of course, but this does not detract in the least from what Wojciech is trying to provide. For example, I have an 895 printer and while testing the drivers/filters, something must have dropped a byte two inches into an Escher picture. While I sorted the mess out as root, I had to whip the stack of fast-disappearing clean paper out of the printer and put in a stack of used stuff for it to vomit over. I still don't know the canonical method to stop the current printer job dead and reset the printer, and I do need to let non-root users do this. Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.