-On Wednesday, December 16, 1998, 4:19 PM -0600 Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >> Anyone know anything about what Kent West is referring to (see below) >> about input filters, bounce queues, etc? Yes, I am using PCL on my HP 4 >> plus, and trying to get netscape (Postscript?) to print to it. Also, >> still having trouble just using lpr to print normal documents. >> input filter: a program that processes data sent to the print queue to make it suitable for a particular printer or format. It is the 'if:' line in the printcap. However, if you are using a remote (non- locally attached, i.e. networked) printer then the if: entry is ignored as it assumes all such processing should be done on the system with the printer locally attached (to prevent the data from being proceessed twice, I assume was the original intent). bounce queue: a print queue that doesn't actually have a printer, but spools data. Usually set up to use /dev/null as the output device, and the input filter is a program that formats the data and then prints to a remote printer. This is a way to get around the limitation of not being able to use an input filter on a remote queue. I think that the *nix versions of Netscape assume a Postscript printer, so you need to set up a queue that calls ghostscript to convert the Postscript to whatever your printer understands, and then queues it to the remote printer. Good luck, Frank
