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From: c60244@ccfiris.aedc (Kenny McDonald)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: using lpr on iris
Message-ID: <9101311352.AA19342@ccfiris.aedc>
Date: 31 Jan 91 13:52:01 GMT
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Can someone send me a printcap entry to drive an apple laserwriter, under the
bsd style lpr system? I don't seem to be able to get any output from the box
under lpr.   Thanks in advance...

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What you will have to do on the iris (since there are no BSD lpr filters) is
pipe the lpr to lp by the following:

In /etc/printcap:

#
# Copyright (c) 1983 Regents of the University of California.
# All rights reserved.
#
# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted
# provided that this notice is preserved and that due credit is given
# to the University of California at Berkeley. The name of the University
# may not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this
# software without specific prior written permission. This software
# is provided ``as is'' without express or implied warranty.
#
#	@(#)etc.printcap	5.2 (Berkeley) 5/5/88
#
postscript| a local LN03R Laser Printer:\
	:lp=/dev/ttyd2:\
	:sd=/usr/spool/postscript:\
	:if=/usr/local/bin/lpr2lp.sh:\
	:lf=/usr/adm/lpd-errs:

In /usr/local/bin/lpr2lp.sh:

#!/bin/sh
/usr/bin/lp -dpostscript 

This works here, but obviously you will not get the use of the lpr options!

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