On Fri, 29 May 1998, Mark Malecha wrote:

> I am trying to set up the remote printer using tftp 
> protocol. Command line works fine, e.g.
> 
> $ tftp printer
> tftp> put testpage.ps
> 
> prints OK, but I would like to be able to invoke printing 
> by lpr.  What is the easiest way to do that?

Set up a delivery filter. Do a "man printcap" and look at "if=". 

Unfortunately there is a serious lack of documentation here. Also, you'll need
to put "epsonps" or some similar filter into the pipeline to translate straight
text into PostScript (you seem to have a Postscript printer there). I'll put my
hacked copy of "epsonps" onto my web site tomorrow, along with a sample script
(I hacked it so it would work as a filter, passing Postscript right on
through). I'd do it today but I don't have it at home and UUNET Dallas appears
to be dropping packets on the floor so telnet'ing in to the office isn't
practical at the moment. 

Alternately, you can hack on the Red Hat print filters. This is probably
the "right" way to do this, since the RH print filters use the "magic
filter" setup that will automagically do things like, e.g., convert
.dvi files into .ps files for printing to the printer. I'd suggest looking at
the Samba setup and modifying it to use tftp instead. Look at your
/etc/printcap for a normal printer and see where the "if=" is pointing, then
read that script for more info.  

Eric Lee Green       [EMAIL PROTECTED]
   Linux & Educational Administration computer solutions
       http://members.tripod.com/~e_l_green


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