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- This is lprps version 0.1.
-
- This is a collection of programs for using lpr with a PostScript laser
- printer. I have used it for about a year on a Sun 4 running SunOS
- 4.0.3 with a QMS-PS 800+ printer. It has not been tested on any other
- systems.
-
- It contains the following programs:
-
- lprps handles communication with the printer
- psif allows separate filters to be used for text and PostScript
- textps simple text to PostScript filter (in case you don't already have one)
- psrev PostScript page reversal filter
-
- Some features are:
-
- * Deals intelligently with output generated by the printer: printer
- errors (such as ``out of paper'') are logged using syslog; other
- errors and output generated by the user's job are mailed back to the
- user.
-
- * Performs printer accounting.
-
- * Ensures that the printer is ready to receive the job.
-
- * Determines whether file is PostScript or text (by looking at the
- first 2 bytes), and uses the appropriate filter; this is done
- cleanly so that you can use your favourite text-to-PostScript
- filter.
-
- See the file INSTALL for installation information.
-
- There aren't any man pages.
-
- There is no copyright on lprps.
-
- I would appreciate hearing about any improvements that you make to
- lprps.
-
- James Clark
- jjc@jclark.uucp
- jjc%jclark@relay.eu.net
-
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