Printer Filter

From: Jane Qu <qu_at_madrad.radiology.wisc.edu>
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 96 15:33:02 -0600

Hi,

Our DEC 3000/400 running OSF1 3.2 is used as the printer
server of the subnet. The subnet includes various UNIX systems.
All print jobs are sent to a virtual printer on this host. The
virtual printer is actually a filter that converts ascii files into
postscript and passes postscript files unchanged. The output of this
virtual printer goes to a physical printer HP Laser-jet 4 M Plus
on the subnet.

The filter we use is /usr/lbin/ln03rof.

Currently, we do not have any banner page. This results in frequent pile-up
of some unclaimed printout.

I tried to turn the banner page on. It worked fine for ascii
files. But for a postscript file, the filter sees the banner page
first before '%! so it thinks this is an ascii file. The output of
a postscript file turned out to be a banner page plus pages of ascii
characters.

I do not have any documents about the system. I wonder where I should
look into or look for help?

Is there a better filter that can recognize the banner page?

Thanks in advance.

Jane Qu
qu_at_madrad.radiology.wisc.edu
Received on Mon Mar 18 1996 - 22:57:09 NZST

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