On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 11:43:23PM +0200, Till Kamppeter wrote: > vic mortelmans wrote: > >I've spent a couple of evenings trying to find out how to configure > >printcap so it offers the user multiple queues for a single printer > >device, each queue having a specific reformatting filter. E.g. you could > >make a queue for 2-up printing, 4-up printing, booklets, scaling, etc. > >Also page centering calibration can be done this way (still have to try).
I do that, so I have a draft, colour and bw printers. The trick is to have a real printer and multiple fake ones that filter then bounce to the real one so you don't get queue problems. I then use the append_z options to make the foomatic-rip change its behavour, with the real printer holding all the common options. > >Just put a pipe into the filter line that applies the reformatting to your > >input file and redirects it to the normal printer queue using the > >lpr-command. Wouldn't using the bounce queue do the same thing? - Craig -- Craig Small GnuPG:1C1B D893 1418 2AF4 45EE 95CB C76C E5AC 12CA DFA5 Eye-Net Consulting http://www.enc.com.au/ MIEE Debian developer csmall at : enc.com.au ieee.org debian.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- YOU MUST BE A LIST MEMBER IN ORDER TO POST TO THE LPRNG MAILING LIST The address you post from MUST be your subscription address If you need help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or lprng-requests or lprng-digest-requests) with the word 'help' in the body. For the impatient, to subscribe to a list with name LIST, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with: | example: subscribe LIST <mailaddr> | subscribe lprng-digest [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsubscribe LIST <mailaddr> | unsubscribe lprng [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have major problems, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word LPRNGLIST in the SUBJECT line. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
