[Sorry for the broken thread!] Allan Wind wrote:
>The psonly-1200 filter does something; otherwise jobs are not terminated >and >the printer will kill some jobs after a timeout of 2 min (if I recall >correctly). Not a big deal, it just surprised me that I needed a filter >in the >first place. Hmmm... (tests it out): perrin:~# /etc/init.d/lpd stop Stopping printer spooler: lpd. perrin:~# cat ~aperrin/ka.ps > /dev/usblp0 produces a fine printout. This is postscript sent directly to /dev/usblp0, bypassing both lpd and (therefore) the psonly-1200 filter. cheers, Andy ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew J Perrin - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] * andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]