In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Warren Block <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed:
> On Wed, 5 Mar 2003, Darren Spruell wrote:
> When you print to lp, the input filter (if=) called checkps sees if the
> incoming file is PostScript. It also detects HP PJL PostScript jobs,
> which the example given in the Handbook does not. If the job is
> PostScript, it sends it to the lpraw queue, which is the real printer.
Just as an aside, there are two ports that do this kind of filtering,
and much more as well. If you're already tweaking the printcap
yourself, magicfilter is the lighter weight and more flexible
solution. If you don't want to fool with the printcap, then apsfilter
has a configure script that will set it up for you.
Both will do enscript on text. But they also detect lots of other
things and will transform them into postscript to be printed.
<mike
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