On Wed, Apr 01, 1998 at 04:03:46AM -0500, Will Lowe wrote: > about how to write a filter that does nothing, I'll do that ... I'd make > another printcap entry like this: > > raw|winprint:\ > :lp=/dev/NULL:\ > :if=/usr/sbin/rawprint: > > where /usr/sbin/rawprint just takes its input and cats it to /dev/lp1 ... > any ideas? Remember that I can't cat anything to lp1 without killing lpd, > which is waiting on lp1 already, but that if I try to do "lpr" within > rawprint, it'll get passed through magicfilter, which is the problem in > the first place...
Hmmmm. If you don't specify a filter at all (remove the if=) then it won't use magicfilter, and will go straight through to the printer. Then you can have both the raw and cooked (magicfiltered) queues running in parallel; at least, I THINK this is supported (using the same port). Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Debian packages at ftp://ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish. PGP#EFA6B9D5 CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome. http://hamish.home.ml.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
