> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Jun 15 14:39:03 2000
> From: "Paul Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: LPRng: Printcap entry "filter="
> Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 21:27:45 +0100
>
> Hi,
> I've been trying to set up LPRNG on a Debian Linux system, and I'm getting a
> bit confused. I'm trying to set up a print filter, and I'm following the
> tutorial stuff in th HOWTO. However, it isn't working for me. The HOWTO
> shows printcap entries using filter=/dir/xxx, but the text talks about IF
> filters. As far as I can see, using filter=, the filter is not run, but
> using if= it is. I've checked the printcap manpage and I can't see why
> filter shouldn't work.
>
> I scanned the mailing list archives, but a search for "filter" gets quite a
> lot of entries, so I might have missed something...
>
> Can anybody explain what is going on, and maybe what the difference is
> between if and filter?
>
> Thanks in advance, and apologies for the rather basic question...
>
> Paul Moore
In the classical or legacy or vintage or broken BSD Print Spooler
printcap stuff, you had a set of job formats, each of which
had a print filter.
There was no default print filter.
In LPRng, you can specify a specific filter for a particular format,
AND you can have a default filter that would be used if there
is not a specific one OR you can have no filter at all:
:if=/filter.for.if
:default=/filter.default
The :of filter must be specified explicitly as it is not really
a 'file' filter, but is a 'job setup and banner handling' filter.
Sigh... Legacy crud...
Patrick
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