Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcsun!unido!mpirbn!p554mve
From: p554mve@mpirbn.UUCP (Michael van Elst)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Re: Restricting what goes to a printer...
Keywords: objects execs binary flag-pages
Message-ID: <211@mpirbn.UUCP>
Date: 16 Nov 89 19:21:23 GMT
References: <61@ucunix.SAN.UC.EDU>
Reply-To: p554mve@mpirbn.UUCP (Michael van Elst)
Organization: Max-Planck-Institut fuer Radioastronomie, Bonn
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In article <61@ucunix.SAN.UC.EDU> rainwatr@ucunix.SAN.UC.EDU (Don Rainwater) writes:
>
>	We're having problems with people printing non-text files to our
>printers.
I'm not very familiar with ultrix (I read this group because we got
some DECstations). Nevertheless, it is generally possible to install a
textfilter for automatic printing of dvi-files or to do accounting.
This textfilter will get all characters printed and may filter out
any non-printables.

>	Also, is there a way that I can eliminate the printing of the
>flag page?  I tried sb=true, but that didn't work.
Try sh=true, it will suppress the printing of the (so-called) burst-page.
>
>	In general, is there something I have to do to make a change to
>printcap effective besides making the change to printcap?
In our implementation (SunOS), you have to kill the lineprinter daemon
(/usr/lib/lpd) and restart it again.

Michael van Elst

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