Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!samsung!uunet!mcsun!unido!pbinfo!massa From: massa@uni-paderborn.de (Michael Janich) Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript Subject: Re: lpr postscript filter/emacs8 and ps filter Keywords: Better lpr filter for driving postscript printer wanted/coping with 8 bit. Message-ID: <1990Dec2.215258.20476@uni-paderborn.de> Date: 2 Dec 90 21:52:58 GMT References: <2918@gmuvax2.gmu.edu> Organization: Uni-GH Paderborn Lines: 25 rauletta@gmuvax2.gmu.edu (R. J. Auletta) writes: > I'm looking for a better lineprinter filter for controlling a >postscript printer from an Unix(Ultrix) machine. In particular I am >looking for a filter that will detect when the printer is off >and hold the print job until the printer is turned back on >(but still use Cntl-S/Cntl-Q handshaking) and report all those >messages back to the printer status line in lpq.. And we run emacs8 (8 bit emacs) but our filter could not cope with that files: ...it's a garbage file... Can anybody help us? -- Michael Janich, Uni Paderborn, United Germany -- Michael Janich, Uni Paderborn, United Germany Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com