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From: lienhart@hpfcdc.HP.COM (Bob Lienhart)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: 4.3 BSD spooling and option lists
Message-ID: <10040001@hpfcdc.HP.COM>
Date: 13 Feb 91 22:20:24 GMT
Organization: HP Fort Collins, Co.
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How do 4.3 BSD spooler systems handle the concept of options to
a print request?  For example say I have a LaserJet printer that
is capable of printing double-sided.  How does one set up a 
printer on a 4.3 BSD spooler system to allow the user to choose
between single-sided and double-sided output?  Another example
is chosing between portrait mode and landscape mode output?

System V spoolers such as those found in HP-UX and SCO, the lp
command includes a "-o" parameter in which a user can specify
options.  In the first example above, "lp -odouble <filename>
would print the request on both sides of the page.  Leaving
out the "-odouble" would result in single-sided output.  So
how do 4.3 BSD spoolers handle this type of control--if at all?

Bob Lienhart