Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!hi-csc!slocum
From: slocum@hi-csc.UUCP (Brett Slocum)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: postscript printers using lpr
Message-ID: <3a8561d9.805@hi-csc.UUCP>
Date: 26 Feb 88 21:57:00 GMT
References: <8802220318.AA04482@ATHENA.CS.YALE.EDU> <3a79b848.c366@apollo.uucp>
Reply-To: slocum@hi-csc.UUCP (Brett Slocum)
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Keywords: postscript lpr UltraOffice
Summary: help using lpr with ps printer

Has anyone solved the problem of sending files to post-script printers
using 'lpr'.  The problem lies in the fact that 'lpr' uses 'prf' to do the
printing, after prepending a banner page.  This works okay with text
files, but gets very confused when printing post-script output from
such products as 'xroff' since the text banner page gets prepended
in front of postscript output.   My very kludgy solution is to have
'lpr' pass everything through a filter before sending it to 'prf'.
This filter adds postscript commands to the banner page, and tests
to see if the body of the printout is text or postscript.  If ps, it
does nothing, but if text it again adds postscript commands.  The
whole file is thus postscript, and gets passed to the prf command
transparently.  There must be a better way.

Also, we are trying to bring the Ultra Office software up, which connects
the Domain network to an AppleTalk network.  Has anyone else had
experience with this, especially getting the Apollo side to print
Mac files on Postscript printers??

Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.


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