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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!uknet!comlab.ox.ac.uk!olis.lib.ox.ac.uk!JOSE From: JOSE@olis.lib.ox.ac.uk Subject: lpd filter/printcap question Message-ID: <1704810277S85.JOSE@olis.lib.ox.ac.uk> Organization: Libraries Automation Service Date: Fri, 07 Oct 94 18:22:47 BST Lines: 7 I am using lpr to print from a PC to a UNIX PC running lpd. My printer is an HP LaserJet 4M Plus with JetDirect interface. The printer is specified as being remote in the printcap file of my UNIX PC. My question: do filters specified in the printcap entry for the HP LaserJet get run or does the lpd on the UNIX PC just pass on the print job to the HP as is?