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From: tmoore@pi19.pnfi.forestry.ca (Tom Moore)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: HELP! lpr filter problems
Keywords: lpr, filters, remote machines
Message-ID: <1067@pi19.pnfi.forestry.ca>
Date: 18 Oct 90 12:59:50 GMT
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Organization: Forestry Canada, Chalk River, Ont.
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I am having problems setting up output print filters on a
sunos 4.1 machine.  I have changed the printcap file to
include the appropriate filters, (e.g. of, tf) but they
are not activated.  A sample line from my printcap is as 
follows:

0|lp:lp=:sb:sh:rm=GatorBox04340:rp=ps_laser:\
tf=/home/pi19/local/bin/thack:

It seems that the problem might be that the printer is
on a remote machine.  My guess is that lpd passes the
original file off to the remote machine without filtering,
and passes a flag to indicate what filter should be applied.

My problem is that the remote machine isn't a unix box
running lpd.  It is a GatorBox that gateways between TCP/IP 
and Appletalk protocols, therefor it cannot be set up to
run the unix filters I want to run.

Has anyone encountered this before?  I cant find any mention
of this in the man pages.  Does anyone know of a work-around to
force the use of the filters before the job is queued to the 
other machine.

Thanks,
Tom Moore

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