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 filter on this host. The filter
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 content of the filter file is:
#!/bin/sh
(cat - | /usr/lbin/ln03rof 2> /dev/null) |lpr -Praw
The entries of the filter and the HP Laser-jet in printcap are:
lp|lp0|0|lp0|hplj4:\
:lf=/usr/adm/lperr:\
:ff=NULL:\
:mx#0:\
:of=/usr/lbin/printfilter:\
:sh:\
:sf:\
:lp=/dev/null:\
:rw:\
:sd=/usr/spool/lpd:
raw|hp0|hplj4raw:\
:af=/usr/adm/lpacct:\
:if=/usr/lbin/hplaserpsof:\
:lf=/usr/adm/lperr:\
:mx#0:\
:of=/usr/lbin/hplaserpsof:\
:pl#66:\
:pw#80:\
:rm=hplj4:\
:rp=raw:\
:rw:\
:sd=/usr/spool/raw:\
:xf=/usr/lbin/hplaserpsof:
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 Wed Mar 20 1996 - 14:04:55 NZST