Hello David, you might make use of the SMM - 4.3BSD Line Printer Spooler Manual.
It is mentioned here https://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-6.7/amd64/printcap#SEE_ALSO but without a referring link. You can find it here https://docs.freebsd.org/44doc/smm/07.lpd/paper.html Or for offline reference here https://docs.freebsd.org/44doc/smm/07.lpd/paper.pdf Regards, -Stefan P.S. It does not bite, even though it is from 1983 > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: owner-m...@openbsd.org <owner-m...@openbsd.org> Im Auftrag > von Raymond, David > Gesendet: Dienstag, 20. Oktober 2020 05:19 > An: misc <misc@openbsd.org> > Betreff: filters in OpenBSD in printing > > Questions about lpr printing: > > I tried putting a filter that drives an HP Deskjet printer (works with lprng > on > linux) as an output filter in printcap and it didn't work. > Would it be more proper to put it as an input filter? I am still on version > 6.7 of > the OS. (I saw a recent post indicating that changes were made to the lpr > system in 6.8.) > > One of the problems was that I couldn't get rid of the banner page even > though the appropriate flags were set. > > I have looked for lpr documentation more informative than the > lpr/lpd/printcap man pages, but I haven't found anything. The printcap page > describes some really archaic filters, but not much that is helpful in today's > world. > > I am currently using cups but would like to get rid of it, because if their > set of > filters doesn't do the job, you are stuck. (Plus other hair-pulling > frustrations.) > > Dave > > -- > David J. Raymond > david.raym...@nmt.edu > http://kestrel.nmt.edu/~raymond
