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- From: curt@ekhadafi.austin.ibm.com (Curt Finch 903 2F021 curt@aixwiz.austin.ibm.com 512-838-2806)
- Subject: Re: Print queue control characters
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- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 16:51:13 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan6.220415.1@stc10.ctd.ornl.gov> jgc@stc10.ctd.ornl.gov (Jack Craven) writes:
- >How do you setup several print queues for a single printer with each
- >queue inserting control characters in front of each print request
- >to switch the printer into the desired mode of operation? Is it
- >documenated anywhere?
- >
- >jgc@stc10.ctd.ornl.gov
-
-
- Say 'hi' to Phil Jardine for me, (who works with you.)
-
- You can write your own queueing backend, see "How to Write Your Own
- Queueing System Backend" in Info.
-
- In /etc/qconfig, each stanza has a 'backend=' line. You can make this
- backend be an executable shell script or C program of your choice which
- does anything you wish to the input program, (whose name is the 1st arg
- on the command line,) and writes it to device, (which is on FD3,) or
- execs the standard backend 'piobe' from there.
-
- There's nothing wrong with having several different queues point to one
- device.
-
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