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From: behrooz@egr.msu.edu (uid no access)
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Subject: Re: Printcap filters question
Date: 20 Jul 1995 12:57:34 GMT
Organization: Michigan State University
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In article <id.CUJL1.3N2@nmti.com> peter@nmti.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
>What I do in this case is set up a local printer to /dev/null, with a
>filter program that feeds the file to the remote printer after whatever
>massaging is necessary.


      But aren't filters ignored when you have a :rm and :rp?