On Thu, 28 Dec 2000, Jason Felice wrote:
> Scott Klement wrote:
> >
> > You mean you want to use "filter=" instead of "outputcommand=" ??
> > What would be the advantage of this method?
> >
>
> No, I mean filter in addition to outputcommand. For example:
>
> lp5250d ... filter=pdf outputcommand='cat > /tmp/printer.$$'
> lp5250d ... filter=ascii outputcommand='cat > /tmp/printer.$$'
>
> >From the users' perspective, you are specifying what kind of data you
> want to send to your
> print command.
>
> `filter' is probably not the best word, maybe `outputformat'?
>
> -Jay 'Eraserhead' Felice
I agree that "outputformat" (or maybe just "format") is a better name than
"filter". I also agree that nobody is ever going to want to use lp5250d
without scs2ascii or scs2ps, so not having to explicitly specify it is
probably a good thing.
So... I guess you now know what I think :)
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