On Sun, 2006-10-22 at 23:36 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 2006.10.22 02:59 Drew Parsons wrote: > > > You'll need to find out what is controlling lpr. It might be lprng for > > instance. It will have some config files somewhere, where you will be > > able to define the preprocessor ( the gs command). > > I looked through the configuration of my lpr and it looks like it simply > takes the .ps file generated by X Print and sends it directly to the > printer. The problem is that no where in the lpr manual page does it say I > can apply a postscript filter. > > I'm afraid I don't use CUPS, I tried to last year but I could not get it > working and I'm not that fluent in administration (I'm a > ergonmist/programmer). I also was not able to find out what controls lpr, > I think X Print calls lpr directly, at least that is what I have set up in > the attributes/printer > > I'll try and look to see where I can insert a call to gs somewhere past > the lpr process but I DOUBT I can figure it out on my own so if you have > any suggestions I would greatly appreciate it! *grin*
There would be some clues under the LPD section at linuxprinting.org. It's related to the if= entry in /etc/printcap but I haven't used it in a long while so I can't help more than that. I might suggest giving CUPS another try, did you try using the webbrowser gui for it last time? Drew _______________________________________________ Xprint mailing list [email protected] http://mozdev.org/mailman/listinfo/xprint
