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From: Joseph Steinberg <steinber@slinky.cs.nyu.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: HELP, PLEASE! lpr
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 1995 19:54:02 -0400
Organization: New York University
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ou use the APS thing -- and what does it do.
JS
On Mon, 31 Jul 1995, Chris
Stenton wrote:
> In article <3vg0on$g5d@cmcl2.NYU.EDU> you wrote:
> : I have been trying for about a month to get lpr to work on my system.
> : I can cat a ps file directly to /dev/lpt0 and it prints -- but lpr gives
> : me blank pages.
> : All I am asking for is for someone to send me a working printcap file for
> : a psotscript printer. I have an HP-4 with postscript added.
> : There has to be someone out there who is using a PS printer. Please send
> : me a copy of your /etc/printcap file.
> : Thanks.
> : JS
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I used this for a while which worked fine.
>
> # @(#)printcap 5.3 (Berkeley) 6/30/90
>
> lp|raw|local line printer:\
> :lp=/dev/lpt0:sd=/var/spool/lpd:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:sh:mx#0:
>
>
> However, I moved over to using aps-491 which is excellent. Here is
> where you can get it
>
> These are the sites, where apsfilter versions can be found
>
> (1) ftp server: ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de
> directory : pub/Linux/local/packs/APSfilter
>
> ftp the newest release from there. The current naming scheme for
> apsfilter releases is: aps-Release.tgz
>
>
> don't be put off with the Linux bit. It has support for FreeBSD as
> well.
>
>
>
> Chris
>
>
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