This summer we've got an Alpha Server. I've tried to move some
printcap entries from our Ultrix machines to the Alpha Server, but
here I can't get it to work.
What we vere doing on the Ultrix machine was to use a self-made
filters, which translated danish characters from Dec multinational to
CP-850 and send the print to a remote printer ( on a novell server )
the entry in the printcap file was:
113-direct:\
:ct=remote\
:lp=:\
:lf=/usr/adm/113-direct.err:\
:rm=novell1:\
:rp=113:\
:sd=/usr/spool/113-direct:
113-c:\
:if=/usr/local/pcl5 -c17 | lpr -P113-direct:\
:af=/usr/adm/113.ac:\
:lf:/usr/adm/113.err:\
:lp=/dev/null:\
:sd=/usr/spool/113:
the file /usr/local/pcl5 is the filter which also is capable of
receiving a paramter telling which font to use and to send the
respective escape code to the printer. This works fine on the Ultrix
system. I suspect that it might be the pipe in the "if" field.which
is causing the problem. By why is there this difference.
Henning Lang
Sys.Adm
Niels Brock - CBC
hl_at_fiol.brock.dk
Received on Tue Sep 17 1996 - 10:15:42 NZST