On Mon, Oct 19, 2020 at 09:19:26PM -0600, Raymond, David wrote: > Questions about lpr printing: > > I tried putting a filter that drives an HP Deskjet printer (works with > lprng on linux) as an output filter in printcap and it didn't work.
LPRng was removed a good while back. What software besides the base lpr system are you using? What commands are you using exactly? Does it speak Postscript? That can be really helpful as a lot of software speaks Postscript. I stopped getting printers that didn't speak it. apsfilter is pretty helpful for getting things working. You might give it a try. Some of it's filters were astoundingly slow. But it helps fill out printcap. I haven't used lpr for a few years because my printer is in Mexico and I'm in Washington state. > Would it be more proper to put it as an input filter? I am still on > version 6.7 of the OS. (I saw a recent post indicating that changes > were made to the lpr system in 6.8.) Someone else will probably be able to explain those changes. Moving to 6.8 might be well worth it. > > One of the problems was that I couldn't get rid of the banner page > even though the appropriate flags were set. > > I have looked for lpr documentation more informative than the > lpr/lpd/printcap man pages, but I haven't found anything. The > printcap page describes some really archaic filters, but not much that > is helpful in today's world. I haven't looked at the code recently, but I think I know what filters you are refering to. Super archaic. > > I am currently using cups but would like to get rid of it, because if > their set of filters doesn't do the job, you are stuck. (Plus other > hair-pulling frustrations.) > Can't agree more! -- Regards, Chris Bennett
